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0045 BC Start of revised Julian
calendar in Rome
1642 Georgeana (York) ME became the first incorporated
American city
1692 Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, & Tituba
arrest for witchcraft (Salem MA)
1780 Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish
slavery (for new-borns only)
1781 Formal ratification of the Articles of Confederation
was announced by Congress
1790 First US census authorized
1792 US Presidential Succession Act passed
1864 Rebecca Lee became the first black woman
to receive an American medical degree
1869 Postage stamps showing scenes are issued
for first time
1872 Yellowstone becomes world's first national
park
1873 E. Remington and Sons began
the manufacturing of the first practical typewriter
1890 First US edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study
in Scarlet) published
1912 Captain Albert Berry made the first
parachute jump from a moving airplane
1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment)
1921 Harry Houdini was granteda patent for a "diver's
suit"
1928 Paul Whiteman and his orchestra recorded
"Ol’ Man River" featuring Paul Robeson
1932 NBC and CBS radio rushed to Hopewell, NJ to cover the
Lindbergh kidnapping
1933 Bank holidays declared in 6 states, to prevent
run on banks
1937 First permanent automobile license plates
issued (Connecticut)
1937 US Steel raises workers' wages to $5 a day
1941 "Captain America" appears in a
comic book
1941 "Duffy’s Tavern" debuted on
CBS radio
1941 FM Radio began in the U.S. when station W47NV
in Nashville, TN started operations
1941 Elmer Layden becomes first NFL commisioner
1942 Baseball decides that players in military
can't play when on furlough
1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champion
1949 The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move
to evict the Cardinals in order to gain a rental increase
1952 "Slow Poke" by Pee Wee King topped
the charts
1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in first
game of spring training
1958 "Don't/I Beg of You" by Elvis Presley
topped the charts
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps
1962 KMart opens
1966 Venera 3 becomes first man-made object to
impact on a planet (Venus)
1968 NBC's unprecedented on-air announcement,
Star Trek will return
1969 New York Yankees' Mickey Mantle announces
his retirement from baseball
1969 "Everyday People" by Sly &
the Family Stone topped the charts
1973 Robyn Smith becomes first female jockey to
win a major race
1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 Presidential
aides
1975 "Best of My Love" by the Eagles
topped the charts
1977 Bank of America adopts the name VISA for
their credit cards
1977 US extends territorial waters to 200 miles
1980 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
by Queen topped the charts
1982 Soviet Venus 13 soft lands on Venus
1986 "Kyrie" by Mr. Mister topped the
charts
1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner
of New York Yankees
1993 New expansion NHL team, owned by Disney,
is named the Mighty Ducks
1996 Lenny Wilkens, winningest coach in NBA, coaches
his 1,000th victory
1996 New toll-free 888 area code introduced
