1802 – 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)
1869 – James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade.
1892 – Bottle cap patented by William Painter.
1913 – NYC’s Grand Central Terminal opens.
1923 – Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio.
1927 – Ziegfeld Theater (Loew’s Ziegfeld) opens at 6th Ave & 54th St., NYC.
1940 – Frank Sinatra’s singing debut in Indianapolis (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra)
1942 – US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
1944 – Allied troops 1st set foot on Japanese territory.
1944 – Baseball officials meet in NYC to discuss postwar action.
1948 – President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program.
1954 – President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
1959 – Vince Lombardi signs a 5-year contract to coach Green Bay Packers.
1970 – Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points.
1977 – Radio Shack officially begins creating the TRS-80 computer.
1980 – FBI releases details of Abscam, a sting operation that targeted 31 elected & public officials for bribes for political favors.
1991 – US postage is raised from 25 to 29 cents.
2003 – Jennifer Lopez starts a three week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with “All I Have”
2014 – Super Bowl XLVII, Metlife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. Seattle Seahawks beat Denver Broncos, 42-8, MVP: Malcolm Smith, Seattle, LB.
2016 – First case of Zika contracted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas.
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