1759—1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia.
1785—Continental Congress convenes in NYC.
1849—Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical degree.
1873—1st Livestock market newspaper published, Drover’s Journal, Chicago.
1897—M.H. Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah).
1913—1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (NYC)
1915—Col. Jacob Ruppert & Col. Tillinghast Huston purchase Yanks for $460,000.
1935—Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland, California (non-stop of course)
1949—Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles.
1953—J. Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of International Boxing Club.
1959—Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open.
1963—1st discotheque opens, Whiskey-a-go-go in LA.
1964—1st government report warning by US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous.
1969—“Hooked on a Feeling” by B.J. Thomas peaks at #5.
1971—Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves.
1973—American League adopts designated hitter rule.
1982—Atlanta Ga’s temperature goes below zero F.
1989—Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school.
1991—Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq.
1991—Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finishes 2nd.
1993—Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics.
2010—Simon Cowell leaves “American Idol”
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