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1630 Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1662 John Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, first known
astronomical observation
1782 Great Seal of US used for first time
1857 The words & music to "Jingle Bells"
was registered by Oliver Ditson and Co
1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white
settlement homesteaders
1908 General Motors founded by William C Durant
1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of
Congress
1924 Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals
set a ML record with 12 RBIs
1938 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded the
swing classic "Boogie Woogie"
1938 George E.T. Eyston sets world auto speed
record at 357.5 MPH
1940 Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of
the House
1940 Congress passes first peace-time conscription
bill (draft law)
1941 The "The Arkansas Traveler" debuted
on CBS Radio
1947 First automobile to exceed 400 mph John Cobb
Bonneville Salt Flats
1950 Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play first
NFL game, beat Phila. 35-10)
1950 "Goodnight Irene" by the Weavers
with Gordon Jenkins topped the charts
1953 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become
Baltimore Orioles
1955 US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto
reacing categories
1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach
at 98
1960 Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn no-hits
Phillies, 4-0
1961 "Michael" by The Highwaymen topped
the charts
1962 Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC
1963 "She Loves You" was recorded by
The Beatles on the Swan label
1964 "Shindig" premiers
1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at NY's Lincoln
Center
1967 "Ode to Billy Joe" by Bobbie Gentry
topped the charts
1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
1968 "Barbra Streisand: A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1972 "Black & White" by Three Dog
Night topped the charts
1973 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards
(2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
1974 President Gerald R. Ford announced a conditional
amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders
1975 First broadcast of "One Day at a Time"
on CBS TV
1978 Boston’s album "Don’t Look
Back" hits number one
1978 "Boogie Oogie Oogie" by A Taste
of Honey topped the charts
1984 "Miami Vice" premiers
1987 Two dozen countries signed the Montreal Protocol
1989 "Don't Wanna Lose You" by Gloria
Estefan topped the charts
