1741 – Benjamin Franklin’s General Magazine begins publishing.
1838 – Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions.
1852 – Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1883 – “Ladies Home Journal” begins publishing.
1909 – 1st subway car with side doors goes into service (NYC)
1914 – 1st airplane flight from LA to SF.
1932 – 1st patent for a tree to James Markham for a peach tree.
1937 – DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H. Carothers.
1938 – US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized.
1946 – 1st commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1950 – Longest-running prime-time game show, “What’s My Line” begins on CBS.
1961 – 1st all-solid-propellant rocket put in orbit, Wallops Island, Virginia.
1963 – North Carolina forward Billy Cunningham grabs a record 27 rebounds in a game vs Clemson.
1968 – Elvis Presley receives gold record for “How Great Thou Art”
1972 – Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns.
1975 – 17th Daytona 500: Benny Parsons wins (153.649 MPH)
1984 – Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold.
1992 – 34th Daytona 500: Davey Allison wins (160.256)
2005 – 2004-05 NHL season is canceled by league commissioner Gary Bettman. This was the first time that a North American professional sports league had to cancel a season due to a labor dispute.
2006 – The last Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) is decommissioned by the United States Army.
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