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1623 First US breach-of-promise
lawsuit
1642 First compulsory education law in America
passed by Massachusetts
1775 The first U.S. military service was established by
the Second Continental Congress
1777 Resolution introduced before Congreess
mandating a US flag
1834 Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross,
Dixfield, ME
1834 Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr, Springfield,
Vermont
1846 California (Bear Flag) Republic proclaimed
in Sonoma
1847 Bunsen invents a gas burner
1870 All-pro Cincinnati Red Stockings suffer first
loss in 130 games
1876 First player to hit for the cycle (George
Hall, Philadelphia Athletics)
1881 Player piano patented by John McTammany,
Jr, Cambridge, MA
1919 First nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock
& Brown)
1922 President Harding is first US president to
use radio
1923 Fiddlin' John Carson recorded "Little Old Log
Cabin in the Lane" for Okeh records
1927 George Washington Carver patents
a process of producing paints and stains
1937 Pennsylvania became the first state in the
US to observe Flag Day as a legal holiday
1938 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
1940 German forces enter Paris
1942 First bazooka rocket gun produced Bridgeport,
CT
1951 Univac 1, the world's first commercial electronic
computer unveiled
1952 Keel laid for first nuclear powered sub the
Nautilus
1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words
"under God" to the Pledge
1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley
topped the charts
1963 Valery F Bykovsky 5th cosmonaut (Vostok 5)
1965 Beatles release the album "Beatles VI"
1965 Cincinatti Red Jim Maloney no-hits NY Mets
but loses in 11, 1-0
1967 Launch of Mariner V for Venus flyby
1969 "Get Back" by the Beatles topped
the charts
1975 Janis Ian releases "At Seventeen"
1975 USSR launches Venera 10 for Venus landing
1975 “Sister Golden Hair" by America
topped the charts
1976 "Gong Show" premieres on TV (syndication)
1980 "Funky Town" by Lipps, Inc. topped
the charts
1986 "On My Own" by Patti LaBelle &
Michael McDonald topped the charts
1989 Ground breaking begins in Minnesota on the world's
largest mall
1989 Nolan Ryan becomes 2nd pitcher to defeat
all 26 teams
1989 Pistons sweep LA for NBA title, Kareem Abdul
Jabber's final NBA game
1997 "I'll Be Missing You" by Puff Daddy
topped the charts
2004 "under God" upheld in Supreme
Court
