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1715 The first lighthouse in America
was authorized for construction
1827 Francis Leiber opened the first swim school
in America (Boston, MA)
1829 William Austin Burt patents "typographer"
(typewriter)
1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance
1866 Cincinnati Baseball club (The Reds) established
1877 First US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern,
begins passenger service
1886 Steve Brodie supposedly survives plunge from
Brooklyn Bridge
1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches
during La Purchase Expo
1906 "America the Beautiful" was registered
by Katharine Lee Bates
1925 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23
career grand slammers
1945 The first passenger train observation car
was placed in service by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR
1949 "Riders in the Sky" by Vaughan
Monroe topped the charts
1950 TV viewers were treated to the
premiere of "The Gene Autry Show"
1955 Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around
the Clock" tops billboards chart
1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft
speed record of 1895 mph
1960 "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee topped
the charts
1962 The "Telstar" communications satellite
sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe
1965 Beatles "Help" is released in the
UK
1966 Frank Sinatra hit the top of the pop album
chart with his "Strangers in the Night"
1966 Cavern Club in Liverpool reopens
1966 "Hanky Panky" by Tommy James &
the Shondells topped the charts
1966 Napoleon XIV releases "They're Coming
to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!"
1969 Three Dog Night received a gold record for
the single, "One"
1972 ERTS 1 launched to start its multi-spectral
scans of Earth
1972 Eddie Merckx of Belgium won his fourth consecutive
Tour de France bicycling competition
1977 "Looks Like We Made It" by Barry
Manilow topped the charts
1980 River of No Return Wilderness Area designated
by Jimmy Carter
1980 Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese)
to Salyut 6
1983 "Every Breath You Take" by The
Police topped the charts
1988 "Hold On To The Nights" by Richard
Marx topped the charts
1989 FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for first
time (America's Most Wanted)
