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1498 Portuguese explorer Vasco da
Gama arrives at Calcutta India
1639 Dorchester MA, forms first school funded
by local taxes
1830 D. Hyde patented the fountain pen
1830 First railroad timetable published in newspaper
(Baltimore American)
1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead
Act
1873 Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper
rivets, price $13.50 doz
1875 International Bureau of Weights & Measures
established by treaty
1899 Jacob German of New York City became the
first driver to be arrested for speeding
1909 Joan of Arc declared a saint
1916 Saturday Evening Post cover features Norman
Rockwell painting
1918 First electrically propelled warship (the
New Mexico)
1919 Volcano Kelut on Java, erupts killing 5110
1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing
of pilots & planes
1926 Thomas Edison says Americans prefer silent
movies over talkies
1927 Lindbergh leaves for Paris
1930 First airplane catapulted from a dirigible,
Charles Nicholson, pilot
1930 University of California dedicates $1,500
to research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot
1932 Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic
1933 "Charlie Chan" was heard for the
final time on the NBC Blue radio network
1939 "Three Little Fishes" by Kay Kyser
hits #1
1939 Bicycle race televised from Madison Square
Garden
1939 Pan Am begins regular transatlantic airmail
and passenger service across the N. Atlantic
1940 Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
1941 Harry James and his orchestra recorded the
classic "You Made Me Love You"
1941 White Sox Taft Wright sets American League
record of RBIs in 13 consecutive games
1946 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his first error
since September 21, 1941
1948 Cleveland Indians tie American League record
of 18 walks (beat Red Sox 13-4)
1948 New York Yankee Joe Dimaggio hits for the
cycle
1956 Atomic fusion (thermonuclear) bomb dropped
from plane-Bikini Atoll
1958 Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite
structure.
1959 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its
new car "Falcon"
1959 Yankees sink to last place, first time since
May 25, 1940
1961 "Runaway" by Del Shannon topped
the charts
1967 "Groovin'" by the Young Rascals
topped the charts
1967 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life"
(drug references)
1972 "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
by Roberta Flack topped the charts
1978 Mavis Hutchinson’s cross-country run
1978 "With a Little Luck" by the Wings
topped the charts
1978 US launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces first
global radar map of Venus
1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with
2nd most strike outs
1984 Boston's Roger Clemens beats Twins, 5-4,
for his first victory
1985 Dow Jones industrial average closes above
1300 for first time
1985 FBI arrests John A Walker Jr, convicted of
spying for USSR
1985 US began broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti
1986 Flintstones 25th Anniversary Celebration
airs on CBS-TV
1988 Mike Schmidt hits his 535th homerun, moving
into 8th place
1989 "Forever Your Girl" by Paula Abdul
topped the charts
1990 Hubble Space Telescope sends first photographs
from space
1991 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan, named NBA's
MVP
1991 Jeff Reardon gains his 300th career save
1993 274th & final "Cheers" on NBC
1997 White Sox Frank Thomas reaches base safely
for 15th straight time
2004 Detroit Zoo officials said they will stop
exhibiting elephants on ethical grounds because elephants can develop arthritis
and stress-related ailments in captivity.
