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1629 First game law passed in American
colonies, by Virginia
1813 David Melville, Newport RI, patents apparatus
for making coal gas & patented the gas streetlight
1828 Philadelphia & Columbia Railway (first
state owned) authorized
1868 Metropolitan Life Insurance Co forms
1882 German scientist Robert Koch discovers bacillus
cause of TB
1883 First telephone call between New York &
Chicago
1898 First automobile sold
1913 Home of vaudeville, Palace Theatre, NYC, opens starring Ed Wynn
1920 First US coast guard air station established
(Morehead City NC)
1932 First US radio broadcast from a moving train
1934 US declares the Philippines to become independent
in 1945
1935 Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour goes national
on NBC Radio Network
1941 Glenn Miller begins work on his first movie
for 20th Century Fox
1947 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency
1952 "Wheel of Fortune" by Kay Starr
topped the charts
1955 First seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
1956 "The Poor People of Paris" by Les
Baxter topped the charts
1958 Elvis Presley joins the army (serial number
53310761)
1958 "Catch a Falling Star" by Perry
Como topped the charts
1959 Charles Townes was granted a patent for the
maser, the precursor to the laser
1962 "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel topped
the charts
1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued
1965 US Ranger 9 strikes moon 10 miles NE of crater
Alphonsus
1973 "Love Train" by O'Jays topped the
charts
1973 San Francisco 49er president Lou Spadia proposes
NFL expand to 30 teams
1978 Wings release "With a Little Luck"
1979 "Tragedy" by Bee Gees topped the
charts
1980 Capitol Records releases rare Beatles
tracks
1984 "Jump" by Van Halen topped the
charts
1989 The largest oil spill in U.S. History occured
at Prince William Sound off Alaska
1989 Mary Martin in "Peter Pan", first
time seen on TV since 1973
1990 "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles
topped the charts
2004 The European Union slapped Microsoft with
a $613 million fine
