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1715 The Riot Act took effect in
England
1801 President Thomas Jefferson becomes "The Big
Cheese"
1858 Fee first charged to see a baseball game
- NY beats Brooklyn 22-18
1868 First use of tax stamps on tobacco products
1871 British Columbia became a Canadian province
1872 Mahlon Loomis receives patent for wireless
... the radio is born
1876 First US intercollegiate track meet held,
Saratoga, NY; Princeton wins
1881 Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull, surrenders
to federal troops
1912 Phillies Sherry Magee steals home twice in
1 game
1917 WW I draft lottery held; #258 is first drawn
1934 State record high temperature of 118°
in Keokuk, Iowa
1935 NBC radio debuted "G-men"
1940 Singles record charts first published by
Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1
1942 Legion of Merit Medal authorized by congress
1942 The first detachment of the Women's Army
Auxiliary Corps begins basic training
1944 President Roosevelt nominated for an unprecedented 4th
term at Democratic convention
1947 The National Football League ruled that no
professional team could sign a player who had college eligibility remaining
1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premiers
on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
1956 Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record
of 6 straight strike-outs
1957 "Teddy Bear" by Elvis Presley topped
the charts
1958 Pitcher Jim Bunning threw a no-hitter to
beat the Boston Red Sox
1960 First submerged submarine to fire Polaris
missile (George Washington)
1961 "Stop the World, I Want to Get Off"
opened in London
1963 Ray Conniff received two gold-record awards
1963 First surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's
"Surf City"
1968 "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh
Masekela topped the charts
1969 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong took his
first step on the moon
1970 First baby born on Alcatraz Island
1974 "Rock Your Baby" by George McRae
topped the charts
1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia,
first Martian landing
1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, PA, kills 80
& causing $350 million damage
1979 96.8 lb. Newfoundland dog pulls 5,045 lb.load,
Bothell, WA
1985 “Today’s the day!” - Mel Fisher’s
treasure hunters discover the Atocha
1985 "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran
topped the charts
1987 Don Mattingly ties first base majors fielding
record with 22 put-outs
1991 "Unbelievable" by EMF topped the
charts
