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1/1/1785 1st issue of London Times published.
1/2/1959 Luna 1 (USSR) (first flyby of the Moon) launched.
1/3/1920 Babe Ruth sold to NY Yankees by Boston Red Sox.
1/4/1958 Sputnik 1 destroyed on reentry.
1/5/1056 Saint Edward the Confessor, son of Ethelred the Unready, died.
1/6/1838 Samuel F.B. Morse & Alfred Vail demonstrated the telegraph.
1/7/1927 The Globetrotters debuted.
1/8/1889 Herman Hollerith patented first data processing computer.
1/9/1969 The Concorde jetliner made its 1st test flight (Bristol, England).
1/10/1968 "Great Balls of Fire" reached #1.
1/11/1964 Surgeon Gen. named cigarettes a "health hazard."
1/12/1853 First west coast university established (Willamette).
1/13/1972 NY ruled that a woman may become a professional baseball umpire.
1/14/1914 Henry Ford introduced the "assembly line" (1 Model-T/90 mins.).
1/15/1797 Top Hat first worn (John Etherington, London).
1/16/1936 Albert "the Cannibal" Fish, child murderer, executed (Sing Sing).
1/17/1926 George Burns married Gracie Allen.
1/18/1943 Commercial bakeries ordered to cease selling sliced bread.
1/19/1965 "Cheating" scandal rocked the AF Academy (105 cadets resigned).
1/20/1892 1st officially recognized basketball game played (Springfield,
MA).
1/21 National Hugging Day.
1/22/1972 David Bowie announced he was gay.
1/23/1962 Kim Philby, Soviet spy, defected.
1/24/1908 1st Boy Scout troop organized (Sir Baden-Powell, England).
1/25/1971 Charles Manson found guilty of the murder of actress Sharon Tate.
1/26/1926 Television 1st demonstrated (J.L. Baird, London).
1/27/1888 National Geographic Society founded.
1/28 National Kazoo Day.
1/29/1900 The American Baseball League formed (Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland,
Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, & Minneapolis).
1/30/1835 1st presidential assassination attempt (Andrew Jackson).
1/31/1928 Scotch tape 1st sold.
2/1/1709 Alexander Selkirk (basis for "Robinson Crusoe"), rescued.
2/2/1876 National Baseball League formed (Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, NY,
Phila., St. Louis, Louisville, & Hartford).
2/3/1912 Owney "the Killer" Madden, gangster, began his career.
2/4/1913 Removable automobile wheel 1st used.
2/5/1982 Laker Airways declared bankruptcy.
2/6/1935 Monopoly invented.
2/7/1964 Baskin-Robbins introduced Beatle Nut ice cream.
2/8/1910 Boy Scouts of America chartered (William D. Boyce, Chicago).
2/9/1876 Appalachian Mountain Club founded.
2/10/1863 Fire Extinguisher patented (Alanson Crane).
2/11 White Shirt Day.
2/12/1877 Alexander Graham Bell publicly demonstrated the telephone
(between Boston & Salem, MA).
2/13/1635 Oldest public school in US founded (Boston Latin School).
2/14/1978 First "micro on a chip" patented (Texas Instruments).
2/15/1804 NJ became the last Northern state to abolish slavery.
2/16/1937 Nylon patented (DuPont Corp. - developed by Wallace H. Carothers).
2/17/1932 "Baby Face" Nelson escaped prison.
2/18/1859 "Temporary insanity" defense first used in America (Dan Sickles).
2/19/1942 Detention of Japanese-Americans legalized.
2/20/1935 1st woman set foot on Antarctica (Mrs. Karoline Mikkelson).
2/21/1885 Washington Monument dedicated.
2/22/1630 Indians introduced popcorn to English colonists.
2/23/1836 Siege of Alamo began.
2/24/1868 House of Representatives voted to impeach Andrew Johnson.
2/25/1836 6 shooter patented (Samuel Colt).
2/26/1914 First long-distance phone conversation via underground cable.
2/27/1919 American Association for the Hard of Hearing formed.
2/28/1692 Salem witch hunt began.
2/29/1968 Discovery of "pulsar" announced (Jocelyn Burnell).
3/1 National Pig Day.
3/2/1789 Law prohibiting theatrical performances repealed (PA).
3/3/1875 1st organized hockey match (Montreal).
3/4/1774 1st recorded observation of the Orion Nebula (William Herschel).
3/5/1770 Boston Massacre (5 killed, 6 injured).
3/6/1831 Edgar Allen Poe was expelled from West Point.
3/7/-322 Aristotle died.
3/8/1894 1st dog-licensing law enacted in the nation.
3/9/1822 1st patent for false teeth (C. Graham).
3/10/1862 1st US paper money issued.
3/11/1892 First publicly played basketball game.
3/12/1877 1st department store opened (Wanamaker's, Philadelphia).
3/13/1877 Earmuffs patented (Chester Greenwood).
3/14/1794 Cotton gin (removes seeds) patented (Eli Whitney).
3/15 Buzzards return to Hinckley Ohio.
3/16/1830 Slowest trading day on the NY Stock Exchange (31 shares).
3/17/1845 Rubber band patented.
3/18/1909 1st ham radio broadcast (Einar Dessau, Denmark).
3/19/1831 1st recorded US bank robbery (City Bank, NYC - $245,000).
3/20/1899 First woman executed by electrocution (M.M. Place, NY).
3/21/1788 Fire in New Orleans (800 buildings destroyed).
3/22 National Goof-off Day.
3/23/1957 Last US Army homing pigeons sold off.
3/24/1898 First US automobile sold.
3/25/1954 RCA began producing color TV sets.
3/26/1827 Ludwig Van Beethoven, German composer, died.
3/27/1955 1st coast to coast color TV broadcast.
3/28/1797 Patent for the 1st washing machine awarded (Nathaniel Briggs).
3/29/1886 Coca-Cola introduced.
3/30/1858 Pencil with eraser patented.
3/31/1840 10 hr workday established for federal public works employees.
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4/7) Daylight Savings Time Begins (2 00 am) (1st Sunday).
4/1/1864 First accident insurance policy printed (Hartford).
4/2/1792 US Mint established.
4/3/1882 Jesse James shot (Robert Ford).
4/4/1692 First post office established for American colonies.
4/5/-2348 Noah's Ark grounded.
4/6/1868 Brigham Young married last (27th) wife.
4/7/1927 First successful demonstration of TV (Washington DC to NY).
4/8/1953 First major 3D movie released ("Man in the Dark").
4/9/1940 Germany invaded Norway & Denmark.
4/10/1849 Safety pin patented (Walter Hunt).
4/11 Barbershop Quartet Day.
4/12/1878 William March "Boss" Tweed, NYC political boss, died.
4/13/1973 First professional runner to break the four minute mile (Jim
Ryun).
4/14/1914 Nonskid tire pattern patented.
4/15/1947 Jackie Robinson's first major league baseball game.
4/16/1681 Province of NJ for sale ($25,000).
4/17/1790 Benjamin Franklin, US statesman, scientist, & author, died.
4/18/1906 San Francisco earthquake (47 secs. > 500 killed, 250,000
homeless, 7.9 to 8.3 on Richter Scale).
4/19/1897 1st Boston Marathon.
4/20/1916 1st game played at Wrigley Field (Chicago 7, Cincinnati 6).
4/21/1857 Bustle patented (Alexander Douglas).
4/22/1864 "In God We Trust" approved as US motto.
4/23/1954 Hank Aaron hit his 1st home run.
4/24/1704 1st US newspaper published on a regular basis (Boston News
Letter).
4/25/1792 Guillotine 1st used (on Nicolas Jacques Pelletier).
4/26/1912 1st home run hit in Fenway Park (Bradley).
4/27/1937 1st social security payment made.
4/28/1789 Mutiny on the "Bounty."
4/29/1885 Women 1st admitted to examinations at Oxford University.
4/30/1939 NBC began regular broadcasting.
5/1/1822 1st mayor of Boston inaugurated (John Phillips).
5/2/1917 Only major league baseball game with no hits on either side
through 9 innings (Cincinnati vs. Chicago).
5/3/1765 1st medical school in America organized.
5/4/1989 Oliver North convicted in the Iran-Contra affair.
5/5/1865 1st recorded US train robbery (N. Bend, OH).
5/6 National Homebrew Day.
5/7/2858 Almanac Trial (A. Lincoln, defense attorney).
5/8/1878 1st major league triple play.
5/9/1914 1st Mother's Day proclaimed.
5/10/1818 Paul Revere, US patriot, died.
5/11/1947 Tubeless tires announced (Akron, OH).
5/12 Limerick Day.
5/13/1783 Society of Cincinnati founded.
5/14/1969 Last Chevrolet Corvair produced.
5/15/1888 First woman nominated for president.
5/16/1866 Root beer 1st made (C.E. Hires).
5/17/1792 NY Stock Exchange formed.
5/18/1896 Supreme Ct. upholds segregation so long as "separate but equal."
5/19/1898 Postcard first authorized.
5/20/1830 Fountain pen patented (D. Hyde).
5/21/1908 1st horror film ("Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde") released (Chicago).
5/22/1868 The Reno gang stole $98,000 in the first "Great Train Robbery".
5/23/1701 Captain William Kidd was hanged for piracy and murder.
5/24/1543 Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, died.
5/25/1901 1st Indian motorcycle built.
5/26/1945 B-29s firebombed Tokyo.
5/27/1796 Piano patented (J.S. McLean, NJ).
5/28/1942 Sugar rationing began in US.
5/29/1919 Pop-up toaster patented (Charles Strite).
5/30/1783 First 1st daily newspaper began publication (PA Evening Post).
5/31/1884 Patent for "flaked cereal" applied for (Dr. John Harvey Kellogg).
6/1/1869 Voting machine patented (Thomas A. Edison).
6/2/1835 P.T. Barnum's circus began 1st US tour.
6/3/1888 "Casey at the Bat" 1st appeared in print (SF Examiner).
6/4 Old Maid's Day (never married women > 35).
6/5/1933 Gold standard abolished.
6/6/1933 First drive-in movie theater opened (Camden, NJ).
6/7/1924 Batman's parents killed.
6/8/1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr. Hall, NYC).
6/9 Senior Citizens Day (Oklahoma).
6/9/1681 William Lilly, English astrologer, died.
6/9/1860 First "dime" novel issued ("Malaesk The Indian Wife of the White
Hunter").
6/9/1870 Charles Dickens, English novelist ("Oliver Twist"), died.
6/9/1898 Britain leased Hong Kong from China for 99 years.
6/9/1911 Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, died.
6/9/1931 First rocket-powered aircraft design patented (R. Goddard).
6/9/1934 Donald Duck made his first screen appearance ("The Wise Little
Hen").
6/9/1943 "Pay-as-you-go" US income tax deductions authorized.
6/9/1953 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000
homeless).
6/9/1959 First ballistics missile-firing submarine (George Washington)
launched.
6/9/1963 Equal Pay Act enacted.
6/9/1963 First Sunday night game in major league history (Houston).
6/9/1973 Secretariat won the Triple Crown.
6/9/1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declared himself president of Guatemala.
6/9/1991 Charles Loloma, painter and sculptor, died.
6/10/1652 1st mint in America (Boston).
6/11/1816 The Gas Light Co. of Baltimore founded.
6/12/1981 Major league baseball strike began.
6/13/1947 1st night game in Fenway Park (Red Sox 5 White Sox 3).
6/14/1834 Sandpaper patented (I. Fisccher, Jr.).
6/15/1878 Series of photographs by Edward Muggeridge prove to Leland
Stanford that all the hooves of a horse are off the ground
during the gallop.
6/16 National Juggling Day.
6/17/1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox).
6/18/1898 First amusement pier opened in Atlantic City, NJ.
6/19/1893 Lizzie Bordon acquitted.
6/20/1909 First balloon honeymoon (Roger Burham and Eleanor Waring).
6/21/1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (Columbia Records).
6/22/1832 Pin manufacturing machine patented (J.I. Howe).
6/23/1980 First solar-powered coast-to-coast two-way radio conversation.
6/24 Middle Children's Day.
6/25/1876 Little Big Horn (Custer's Last Stand) (209 killed).
6/26/1498 Toothbrush invented.
6/27/1980 First female state police graduates (NJ).
6/28/1762 1st reported counterfeiting attempt (Boston).
6/29/1978 Bob Crane, actor ("Hogan's Heroes"), murdered.
6/30/1985 James Dewar, inventor of the Twinkie, died.
7/1/1984 PG-13 movie rating introduced.
7/2/1937 Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan reported lost over the
7/3 Disobedience Day.
7/4/1895 "America the Beautiful" first printed.
7/5/1946 First bikini modelled.
7/6/1699 Cpt. William Kidd, NY businessman turned pirate, seized in Boston.
7/7/1607 "God Save the King" 1st sung.
7/8/1835 The Liberty Bell cracked.
7/9/1878 Corncob pipe patented (Henry Tibbe).
7/10/1938 Howard Hughes (& a crew of 4) flew around the world (91 hrs).
7/11/1985 Nolan Ryan became the first pitcher to strike out 4000 (Danny
Heep).
7/12 Different Colored Eyes Day.
7/13/1863 1st US military draft.
7/14/1956 1st no hitter at Fenway Park (Mel Parnell).
7/15/1915 Evidence reveals a network of spies across the US.
7/16/1935 First automatic parking meters installed (Oklahoma City).
7/17/1989 Stealth bomber test flown.
7/17/1990 Twins turned 2 triple plays at Red Sox (1st time in major league
history).
7/18/1969 Mary Jo Kopechne drowned on Chappaquiddick Island, MA.
7/19/1969 John Fairfax finished rowing across the Atlantic ocean.
7/20/1881 Chief Sitting Bull surrendered.
7/21/1984 1st reported killing of a human by a robot (Jackson, MI).
7/22/1934 John Dillinger, Public Enemy #1, killed.
7/23/1886 1st person to leap from the Brooklyn Bridge (Steve Brodie).
7/24/1950 First rocket launched from Cape Canaveral (German V2).
7/25/1984 Russian cosmonaut became the 1st woman to walk in space.
7/26/1775 US Post Office established.
7/27/1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years.
7/28/1933 First singing telegram delivered (to Rudy Vallee).
7/29/1899 1st motorcycle race (Manhattan Beach, NY).
7/30/1898 Kellogg invented corn flakes.
7/31/1774 Oxygen discovered.
8/1/1981 MTV debuted.
8/2/1861 A national income tax bill was passed to aid the Union war effort.
8/3/1975 Superdome (New Orleans) opened.
8/4/1892 Borden murders (Fall River, MA).
8/5 National Mustard Day.
8/6/1890 Cy Young pitched 1st game.
8/7/1959 First photograph of Earth taken from space (Explorer 6).
8/8/1876 Mimeograph patented (Edison - Menlo Park, NJ).
8/9/1859 Escalator patented.
8/10/1833 Chicago incorporated (pop. 200).
8/11/1909 SOS distress signal 1st used by an American ship (Arapahoe).
8/12/1658 1st police in America (New Amsterdam).
8/13/1935 Roller Derby began.
8/14/1925 Mount Rushmore figures proposed.
8/15/1846 CA's 1st newspaper began publication.
8/16/1898 Roller coaster patented.
8/17/-10429 1st goat domesticated (Armenia).
8/18/1872 First mail-order house catalog issued (A.M. Ward).
8/19/1951 Browns used a midget as leadoff batter (vs. Detroit).
8/20/1955 First airline to fly faster than 800 mph (H.A. Hanes).
8/21/1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates began.
8/22/1831 Nat Turner led an uprising of blacks.
8/23/1957 Digital Equipment Corporation founded.
8/24/1932 1st woman to fly non-stop across US (Amelia Earhart).
8/25/1718 City of New Orleans founded.
8/26/1957 The Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an ICBM.
8/27/1912 "Tarzan of the Apes" published.
8/28/1896 Chop Suey first concocted (NYC).
8/29/1893 "Clasp-locker" patented (developed into the zipper) (Whitcomb L.
Judson).
8/30/1780 Benedict Arnold betrayed his country.
8/31/1888 Jack the Ripper killed 1st victim (Mary Ann Nichols).
9/1/1689 Graduated Tax on Beards imposed in Russia.
9/2/1752 Gregorian Calendar adopted (Sep. 3 became Sep. 14).
9/3/1895 1st professional football game.
9/4 Newspaper Carrier Day.
9/5 Be Late for Something Day.
9/6/1776 1st submarine attack.
9/7/1888 Jesse James' last holdup.
9/8/1921 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman).
9/9/1926 NBC created (by RCA).
9/10/1846 Sewing machine patent granted (Elias Howe).
9/11/1949 NY Yankees drew 11 walks (3rd inning).
9/12/1913 1st US policewoman (A.S. Wells, LAPD).
9/13/1789 US received its first loan.
9/14/1957 Little Rock, AR, school crisis.
9/15/1789 Congress declared Great Seal of the US the official seal of US.
9/16/1853 1st US-made Steinweg (now Steinway) sold.
9/17/1908 First airplane fatality (Thomas E. Selfridge, Ft. Myer, VA).
9/18/1851 1st issue of The New York Times published.
9/19/1859 "Dixie" first sung (NYC).
9/20/1873 NY Stock Exchange closed for 10 days.
9/21/1969 Last episode of "The Prisoner" aired.
9/22/1949 1st Soviet atomic bomb exploded.
9/23/1952 VP candidate Richard Nixon delivered "Checkers" speech.
9/24/1929 1st "blind" takeoff and landing demonstrated (James Doolittle).
9/25/1890 Yosemite National Park created.
9/26/1789 1st Postmaster General appointed (Samual Osgood).
9/27/1892 Book matches patented.
9/28/1850 Flogging in US Navy and on merchant vessels abolished.
9/29/1936 Radio used for the 1st time for a presidential campaign.
9/30 Ask a "Stupid" Question Day.
10/1/1785 1st city directory in US published (Philadelphia).
10/2/1920 Last major league triple header played (Forbes Field).
10/3/1899 Motor-driven vacuum cleaner patented.
10/4/1890 Mormons renounced polygamy.
10/5/1979 Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 yrs), died.
10/6/1866 1st US train robbery ($13,000 - Reno bros.).
10/7/1849 Edgar Allen Poe, author, died.
10/8/1871 Great Chicago Fire broke out (300 killed).
10/9/1855 Calliope patented (J. Stoddard).
10/10/1886 Tuxedo introduced (Griswold Lorillard).
10/11/1922 1st woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson).
10/12/1609 "Three Blind Mice" first published.
10/13/1792 Cornerstone laid for "President's Palace" (now known as White
House).
10/14 Frump Day.
10/15 National Grouch Day.
10/16/1916 1st birth control clinic opened (Brooklyn, NY by Margaret Sanger).
10/17/1918 Last ship sunk by a U-boat in WWI (SS Lucia).
10/18/1867 Alaska transferred from Russia to the US.
10/19/1864 Northernmost engagement of Civil War (St. Albans, VT).
10/20/1818 49th parallel established as the border between US and Canada.
10/21/1959 Guggenheim Museum opened.
10/22/-2137 1st recorded solar eclipse (China).
10/23 Swallows leave San Juan Capistrano.
10/24/1836 Match patented (A. Phillips).
10/25/1825 1st man-made waterway opened (Erie Canal).
10/26/1881 Shootout at the O.K. Corral.
10/27/1938 DuPont announced invention of Nylon.
10/28/1636 Harvard College (now Harvard University) founded.
10/29/1872 All-metal windmill patented (J.S. Risdon, Genoa, IL).
10/30/1888 Ball point pen patented (John J. Loud).
10/31/1926 Harry Houdini (Ehrich Weisz), magician & escape artist, died.
11/1/1895 1st magazine devoted to the motor vehicle ("The Horseless Age")
was published.
11/2/1947 Spruce Goose made its only flight.
11/3/1952 Frozen bread first marketed.
11/4/1939 First air-conditioned automobile exhibited (Chicago).
11/5/1974 First grandmother elected to Congress (M.H. Fenwick).
11/6/1796 Catherine the Great died.
11/7/1874 Elephant first used as the Republican symbol (Harper's Weekly).
11/8/1926 First ferry built exclusively for cars put in service.
11/9/1927 Giant Panda discovered, China.
11/10/1969 Sesame Street 1st aired.
11/11/1959 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" aired.
11/12/1859 1st flying trapeze act performed in a circus.
11/13/1940 Willys Motor Co. tested the 1st Jeep.
11/14/1851 "Moby Dick" published.
11/15/1806 Pike's Peak sighted (Zebulon Pike).
11/16/1841 Cork life preserver patented (N.E. Guerin).
11/17/1928 Boston Garden officially opened.
11/18/1307 William Tell shot apple off son's head.
11/19/1863 Gettysburg Address delivered.
11/20/1877 First recorded human speech ("Mary Had a Little Lamb," Edison).
11/21/1963 Robert Stroud (a.k.a. Bird Man of Alcatraz) died.
11/22/1904 Electric motor patented (M. Pfatischer).
11/23/1936 Life magazine hit the newsstands.
11/24/1871 National Rifle Association incorporated.
11/25/1867 Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
11/26/1865 "Alice in Wonderland" published.
11/27/1912 Parcel post postage-due one-cent stamp issued.
11/28/1895 1st US auto race (Chicago to Evanston & back) (winner avg. 7 mph).
11/29/1932 Electric bridge table patented (L. Hammond).
11/30/1990 Larry Bird, basketball player, scored his 20,000th point.
12/1/1878 First phone in White House.
12/2/1927 First Model A Ford sold ($395).
12/3/1967 1st successful human heart transplant (lead by Dr. Barnard).
12/4/1930 Vatican approved the rhythm method.
12/5/1854 Folding theater chair patented.
12/6/1955 Honus Wagner (born John Peter Wagner), baseball great, died.
12/7/1909 Bakelite patented (Leo Baekeland).
12/8/1965 First Ph.D. awarded by Computer Science Department (University of
Pennsylvania).
12/9/1792 1st formal cremation of human remains in US (Henry Laurens).
12/10/1869 Wyoming became the first state to grant women the right to vote.
12/11/1844 Anesthesia first used in dentistry.
12/12/1792 Beethoven paid Haydn $.19 for first music lesson.
12/13/1759 1st music store in America opened.
12/14/1946 NYC voted to be the UN headquarters.
12/15/1854 1st street cleaning machine used.
12/16/1773 Boston Tea Party (30-60 patriots and 342 chests of tea).
12/17/1790 Aztec calendar discovered.
12/18/1796 First Sunday newspaper ("Monitor," Baltimore).
12/19/1823 First state birth registration law enacted (Georgia).
12/20/1820 MO imposed a $1/yr bachelor's tax on men from 21 to 50.
12/21/1942 6 week Nevada divorces upheld by the Supreme Court.
12/22/1956 First gorilla born in captivity.
12/23/1617 1st penal colony in US established (VA).
12/24/1801 Skeleton of a mastodon unveiled (Charles Willson Peale).
12/25/1651 MA Gen. Ct. ordered a fine (5 shillings) for "observing any such
day as Xmas."
12/26/1865 Coffee percolator patented (James H. Nason, Franklin, MA).
12/27/1845 Ether 1st used as anesthetic in childbirth.
12/28/1869 Chewing gum patented (William F. Semple, MT. Vernon, OH).
12/29/1890 Battle of Wounded Knee (200 Indians killed).
12/30/1940 1st Los Angeles freeway dedicated (Arroyo Seco Parkway).
12/31/1935 Monopoly patented.

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