1644 – Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America’s 1st UFO sighting.
1733 – 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1896 – 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in US (NYC)
1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
1929 – “NY Daily Mirror” columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio.
1934 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Days Without End” premieres in NYC.
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.
1948 – Ted Mack’s “Original Amateur Hour” begins, Dumont (later NBC/ABC/CBS).
1951 – NFL rules tackles, guards, centers ineligible for forward pass.
1960 – US & Japan sign joint defense treaty.
1962 – US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas.
1969 – United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay, killing all 38 people on-board.
1974 – “$6 Million Man” starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC-TV.
1980 – Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce.
1983 – IOC restores Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball.
1986 – AIDS charity records “That’s What Friends Are For” hits #1.
1990 – Washington, DC, Mayor Marion Berry arrested in drug enforcement sting.
1991 – Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.
2004 – NFC Championship Game: Carolina Panthers beat Philadelphia Eagles 14-3
2016 – World’s 62 richest people are now as wealthy as half of the world’s population according to a report published by Oxfam.
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