1880 – Thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp.
1894 – 1st college basketball game, University of Chicago beats Chicago YMCA 19-11.
1915 – US Marines occupy Haiti.
1918 – “Tarzan of the Apes”, 1st Tarzan film, premieres at Broadway Theater.
1926 – US Senate agrees to join World Court.
1939 – First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
1944 – Casey Stengel, manager of the Boston Braves since 1938, resigns. Lou Perini, Guido Rugo, & Joseph Maney buy control of Boston Braves.
1948 – 1st tape recorder sold.
1951 – “Peter Pan” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 320 performances.
1954 – Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim in 15-round unanimous decision to retain his world light heavyweight boxing title at the Orange Bowl, Miami; last of famous trilogy of fights, all won by Moore.
1956 – “Heartbreak Hotel” single released by Elvis Presley, his first million-selling single.
1961 – “Sing Along with Mitch” {Miller} premieres on NBC-TV.
1964 – Margaret Chase Smith (Sen-R-Maine) tries for Republican President bid.
1967 – A fire in the Apollo 1 Command Module kills astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee during a launch rehearsal.
1969 – Chuck Noll is named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers (the youngest coach in NFL history at the time)
1973 – US & North Vietnam’s William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease fire, ending longest US war and military draft.
1976 – “Laverne & Shirley” TV spinoff from “Happy Days” starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams premieres on ABC-TV.
1984 – Michael Jackson is burned during filming for Pepsi commercial.
1990 – Australian Open Women’s Tennis: Steffi Graf beats American Mary Joe Fernandez 6-3,6-4 for her 3rd consecutive Australian singles crown.
2017 – Donald Trump issues executive order banning travel to the US for 7 mostly Muslim countries and suspending admission for refugees.
2019 – NFL Pro Bowl, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Fl: AFC beats NFC, 26-7: MVP’s Patrick Mahomes, KC Chiefs, QB; Jamal Adams, NY Jets, Safety.
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