1793 – 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard.
1862 – The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe arrives at Victoria Docks, London, England aboard the Elizabeth Watts.
1866 – Fisk University opens in Nashville, Tennessee.
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1903 – Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the American League’s Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and move it to NYC (later the NY Yankees)
1936 – Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army.
1942 – Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title.
1945 – US soldiers led to Gen. Douglas MacArthur invades Philippines.
1951 – “Life After Tomorrow”, 1st film to receive and “X” rating, premieres.
1952 – Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty.
1959 – “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV.
1967 – NFL New Orleans’ franchise takes name “Saints”
1976 – C.W. McCall CB song “Convoy” hits #1 on the country charts.
1979 – K-Mart pulls Steve Martin’s “Let’s Get Small” for being in “bad taste”
1984 – “TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes” premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
1986 – After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak must give up its instant camera business.
1991 – Baseball officially bans Pete Rose from being elected to Hall of Fame.
1991 – Dean Smith of UNC is 6th to win 700 career coaching basketball games.
2001 – Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, for organizing and playing digital music and videos.
2007 – Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
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