1793 – 1st hot-air balloon flight in the US lifts off in Philadelphia, piloted by Jean Pierre Blanchard.
1811 – 1st Women’s Golf Tournament held.
1855 – Astor Library opens in NYC.
1862 – The first petroleum shipment (1,329 barrels) from the U.S. to Europe arrives at Victoria Docks, London, England aboard the Elizabeth Watts.
1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
1903 – Frank Farrell & Bill Devery purchase American League Baltimore franchise for $18,000 & move it to NYC (Yankees)
1928 – Eugene O’Neill’s “Marco Millions” premieres in NYC.
1942 – Joe Louis KOs Buddy Baer in 1 for heavyweight boxing title.
1952 – Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty.
1956 – Abigail Van Buren’s “Dear Abby” column 1st appears in newspapers.
1959 – “Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS-TV.
1968 – Surveyor 7 space probe soft lands on Moon.
1976 – C.W. McCall CB song “Convoy” hits #1 on the country music charts.
1984 – TV’s Bloopers & Practical Jokes” premieres on NBC TV (Whoops)
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, now widely used by Windows and Mac users.
2002 – Michael Jackson receives the Artist of the Century award at the American music awards.
2007 – Apple Inc. CEO, Steve Jobs announces the iPhone.
2012 – 14th BCS National Championship: #2 Alabama beats #1 LSU, 21-0.
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