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1665 English rename New Amsterdam,
New York, after Dutch pull out
1775 First naval battle of Revolution
1787 Law passes providing a senator must be at
least 30 years old
1792 George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver,
BC
1839 Abner Doubleday invents baseball
1849 Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville,
Ky
1880 Baseball’s first El Perfecto, a perfect
game, was recorded
1913 "The Dachshund" by Pathe Freres,
early animated cartoon, released
1917 Secret Service extends protection of president
to his family
1923 Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket
while suspended upside down in NYC
1928 Good and Plenty candy was trademark registered.
1934 Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing
empire to break up
1935 Ella Fitzgerald recorded "Love and Kisses" and
"I'll Chase the Blues Away"
1939 Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown
NY
1942 Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded
"Travelin’ Light"
1947 "Sergeant Preston of The Yukon"
debuts on radio nationwide
1947 Babe Didrikson is first American to win Br
Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 Eddie Arcaro becomes first jockey to win
the triple crown twice
1952 420th kitten (record) born to cat named Dusty,
Bonham, TX
1954 "Little Things Mean a Lot" by Kitty
Kallen topped the charts
1957 Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850
kg (6,270 lbs)
1957 Stan Musial sets NL record for consecutive
games played
1962 USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 184,622
feet
1963 Elizabeth Taylor starred in the $40,000,000
film epic, "Cleopatra"
1965 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 "Back in My Arms Again" by the
Supremes topped the charts
1967 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing
on Venus
1971 "Want Ads" by Honey Cone topped
the charts
1976 "Silly Love Songs" by the Wings
topped the charts
1979 Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross
over English Channel
1979 Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record
185'
1981 Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their
3rd strike
1982 "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney
& Stevie Wonder topped the charts
1987 President Reagan: "tear down this
wall "
1990 NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes
9th to record 200 saves
1990 Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd
to steal 900 bases
1999 "If You Had My Love" by Jennifer
Lopez topped the charts
2006 Virginia 15 year old sets North American
record for reciting pi
