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1784 First balloon flight in Britain
1789 The U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs was
renamed the Department of State
1830 First to be run-over by a railroad train
(William Huskisson, England)
1853 First US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette
Blackwell
1857 Timothy Alden of New York City earned a patent
for the typesetting machine
1904 Wilbur Wright makes the first half-circle
turn in air at Huffman Prairie Flying Field
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record
of 16 straight wins
1916 Tanks were first used in combat
in World War I
1917 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander
Kerensky
1926 Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice
flies
1930 Hoagy Carmichael recorded "Georgia on
My Mind" on the Victor label
1934 NBC radio presented "The Gibson Family"
to American audiences
1934 The Mutual Broadcast System was formed
1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at
350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd
& Paul Waner, Pitts)
1940 The height of the Battle of Britain occurred
1946 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called
because of gnats
1948 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record
of 1080 kph
1949 "The Lone Ranger" premiered on
ABC television
1950 Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 homers (6th time
he has done that)
1951 "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
topped the charts
1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system
(10 pts to round winner)
1956 "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis
Presley topped the charts
1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe
premiers
1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their
last game
1959 Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to
begin a 13-day visit
1962 "Sherry" by the Four Seasons topped
the charts
1963 SF Giants play outfield of Felipe, Matty
& Jesus Alou
1965 "Lost in Space" premiers
1965 "Green Acres" debuts
on CBS-TV
1968 An Wang obtained a patent for a calculating
apparatus, a basic component of computer technology
1969 Phillies Steve Carlton sets record by stiking
out 19 NY Mets in a game
1973 Secretariat won the Marlboro Cup
1973 "Delta Dawn" by Helen Reddy topped
the charts
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth
orbit for 8 days
1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is first to hit for the
cycle in AL & NL (Astros)
1979 "My Sharona" by Knack topped the
charts
1981 US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously
approves Sandra Day O'Connor
1982 First issue of "USA Today" published
by Gannett Co Inc
1984 "What's Love Got to Do with It"
by Tina Turner topped the charts
1990 "Release Me" by Wilson Phillips
topped the charts
