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1755 Fort Ticonderoga, NY opens
1759 The French formally surrendered Quebec to
the British
1769 Boston Gazette reports first US piano (a
spinet)
1793 Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building
1830 A horse beats the first US made locomotive
(near Baltimore)
1851 NY Times starts publishing, at 2 ¢ a copy
1881 Chicago Tribune reports on a televide experiment
1895 Booker T Washington delivers "Atlanta
Compromise" address
1895 D.D. Palmer of Davenport, Iowa, becomes first
chiropractor
1927 The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System
(later CBS) debuted with a network of 16 radio station
1947 Grand Ole Opry stars, including Roy Acuff,
Minnie Pearl and Ernest Tubb, play Carnegie Hall
1947 The U.S. Air Force was established by the National Security Act
1948 "The Original Amateur Hour" returned
to radio on ABC
1952 First ultra high frequency (UHF) television
station, Portland OR
1954 "Sh-Boom" by the Crew-Cuts topped
the charts
1955 "The Toast of the Town"
became "The Ed Sullivan Show"
1957 "The Big Record", hosted by
Patti Page, debuted on CBS-TV
1957"Wagon Train" premiers
1961 "Take Good Care of My Baby" by
Bobby Vee topped the charts
1963 Final game at Polo Grounds, 1,752 see Phillies
beat Mets 5-1
1965 "Get Smart" premiers
1965 “Help!” by the Beatles topped the
charts
1965 "I Dream of Jeannie"
premieres on NBC-TV
1968 Zond 5 completes circumnavigation of the
Moon
1969 Tiny Tim announces engagement on the Tonight
Show
1971 "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny
Osmond topped the charts
1972 First Black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles
vs San Diego)
1976 "Play That Funky Music" by Wild
Cherry topped the charts
1977 US Voyager I takes first space photograph
of Earth & Moon together
1978 Egyptian & Israeli officials begin 2
days of talks
1979 Bolshoi Ballet dancers Leonid & Valentina
Kozlov defect
1980 Soyuz 38 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Cuban) to
Salyut 6 space station
1982 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" by Chicago
topped the charts
1984 Joe Kittinger completes first solo balloon
crossing of Atlantic
1984 Tigers become 4th team to stay in first place
from opening day
1987 Detroit Tiger Darrell Evans is first 40 year
old to hit 30 HRs
1990 A 500 lb 6' Hershey Kiss is displayed at
1 Times Square, NYC
1993 Garth Brooks’ "In Pieces"
debuted at #1 in the US
1997 Media mogul Ted Turner pledged $1 billion
to the United Nations
1999 Sammy Sosa became the
first player to hit 60 HRs twice
