1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada.
1866 – World’s 1st roller rink opens (Newport, RI)
1874 – Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head.
1885 – $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty.
1896 – Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain.
1909 – SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC.
1914 – John Wray patents animation.
1919 – Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau – named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1934 – 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
1944 – US air raid on Palembang.
1950 – Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union.
1956 – Elvis Presley releases “Don’t Be Cruel”
1962 – Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down.
1970 – Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues.
1974 – 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 176 at Tanglewood, NC.
1984 – During radio voice test US President Reagan jokes he “signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes.”
1988 – Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, NC opens.
1991 – 73rd PGA Championship: John Daly shoots a 176 at Crooked Stick, Indiana.
1999 – The Salt Lake City tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
2015 – Largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York – 12 dead, with over 100 cases in the South Bronx.
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