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1570 First atlas, with 70 maps,
published
1761 First life insurance policy in US, issued
in Philadelphia
1803 First public library opens (Connecticut)
1807 Townsend Speakman first sells fruit-flavored
carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)
1819 First steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic
(leaves Savannah GA)
1841 Henry Kennedy of Philadelphia patented the
first reclining chair
1843 First wagon train, 1000+ departs Independence
MO for Oregon
1849 Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device
1868 Great Train Robbery
1884 One-armed pitcher Hugh Daily fanned 13 hitters
1888 Leroy Buffington patents a system to build
skyscrapers
1892 Dr Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste
tube
1899 The word “Automobile” introduced
1900 Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player
1906 Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane
1911 Braves pitcher, Cliff Curtis, loses his 23rd
game in a row
1926 "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" by
Gene Austin hits #1
1930 Yankee "Bronx Bombers" hit 14 homeruns
in a game
1931 Canned rattlesnake meat first goes on sale
in Florida
1933 Loch Ness Monster is first reportedly sighted
1938 Dodgers announce contracts to install lights
at Ebbets Field
1943 First jet fighter is tested
1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect,
aiding Turkey & Greece
1947 First US ballistic missile fired
1949 Don Newcombe, first start, shuts out Cincinnati
on 5 hits to win 3-0
1954 "Wanted" by Perry Como topped the
charts
1961 "Mother-In-Law" by Ernie K-Doe
hits #1
1961 First revolving restaurant (Top Of The Space
Needle in Seattle), opens
1962 Robert A Rushworth, USAF major, takes X-15
to 100,400 feet
1963 Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium's
facade
1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"
1965 "Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious"
hits #66
1965 Beatles' "Ticket to Ride" single
goes #1
1967 "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts
on NET (now PBS)
1968 US nuclear-powered sub (Scorpion) reported
missing
1969 The lunar module of Apollo 10 flew to within
nine miles of the moon’s surface
1970 The Guess Who earned a gold record for "American
Woman"
1971 "Joy to the World" by Three Dog
Night topped the charts
1972 President Richard Nixon began a visit to
the Soviet Union
1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate
cover-up
1973 Ethernet concept proposed
1976 "Silly Love Songs" by the Wings
topped the charts
1977 Red Sox (6) & Brewers (5) tie single
game homerun record of 11
1982 "Ebony and Ivory" by Paul McCartney
& Stevie Wonder topped the charts
1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record
18th pinch hit homerun
1985 Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as
National League run scoring leader
1985 US sailor Michael L Walker arrested for spying
for USSR
1990 Andre Dawson sets record being intentionally
walked 5 times
1990 Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994
1992 Johnny Carson's final appearance as host
of the Tonight Show
1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors"
& logo
