1635—1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony.
1848—M. Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair.
1858—Regular mail to Pacific coast begins.
1870—Transcontinental Railroad actually completed in Colorado.
1893—US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea.
1906—1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago.
1911—Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.
1914—Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1918—1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1923—Mexico and US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917.
1939—“The Wizard of Oz”, premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, starring Judy Garland (Dorothy), Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man), Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion), Frank Morgan (Wizard), Billie Burke (Glinda), and Margaret Hamilton (Wicked Witch).
1945—US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends.
1945—Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually.
1955—Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland.
1964—Mayor Daley declares “Ernie Banks Day” in Chicago.
1971—US President Richard Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents.
1988—“Ain’t Misbehavin'” opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 performances.
1991—790,000 attend Paul Simon’s free concert in Central Park.
1997—Dow Jones drops 247.37 points.
2005—87th PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson shoots a 276 at Baltusrol Golf Club.
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