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1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)

1896 – First college basketball game with 5 players on each side is conducted by the University of Iowa, invites student athletes from University of Chicago for an experimental game: Chicago beats Iowa 15-12.

1911 – 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania)

1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.

1929 – “NY Daily Mirror” columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio.

1933 – White Sands National Monument in New Mexico established.

1943 – US rations bread & metal – banning presliced bread reduce bakery demand for metal parts.

1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time.  The performers were Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.

1947 – Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)

1948 – Ted Mack’s “Original Amateur Hour” begins, Dumont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)

1951 – NFL takes control of failing Baltimore Colts.

1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes in Virginia, killing all 50 people on board.

1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on US Billboard Chart with single “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at #45.

1970 – 20th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 16-13; MVP’s Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; George Andrie, Dallas Cowboys, DE.

1974 – “$6 Million Man” starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV.

1980 – Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce.

1987 – 3rd Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins.

1989 – IBM announces earnings up 10.4% in 1988.

2004 – NFC Championship, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia: Carolina Panthers beat Philadelphia Eagles, 14-3.

2017 – NASA and NOAA announce that 2016 was the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record set in 2015 which itself topped a record set in 2014.

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