1731 – 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham’s great room in Boston)
1817 – 1st coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
1854 – Pennsylvania Rock Oil Co., 1st in US, incorporated in NYC.
1861 – US banks stops payments in gold.
1873 – American Metrological Society forms (NYC) weights, measures & money.
1906 – Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1907 – Abraham Mills’ commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball.
1924 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces existence of other galactic systems at meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
1929 – Cole Porter’s musical “Wake Up and Dream” premieres in NYC.
1938 – United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant.
1948 – “Kiss Me, Kate” opens at New Century Theater NYC for 1077 performances.
1963 – “Let’s Make A Deal,” debuts on NBC-TV.
1963 – Congress authorizes Kennedy half dollar.
1968 – Frank Sinatra 1st records, “My Way” with lyrics were written by Paul Anka, based on French song “Comme d’habitude”.
1972 – President Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks.
1978 – Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach.
1985 – IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released.
1995 – CARQUEST Bowl 6: North Carolina beats Arkansas, 20-10.
2008 – NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Denver Broncos.
2013 – NFL head coach Mike Shanahan is fired by the Washington Redskins.
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