1845 – Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis.
1865 – John Hyatts patents the billiard ball.
1899 – African-American inventor Issac R. Johnson patents the bicycle frame.
1916 – In game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3.
1933 – 1st synthetic detergent, “Dreft” by Procter & Gamble, goes on sale.
1935 – George Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess” opens on Broadway, NY.
1941 – German U-boats torpedoes US destroyer Kearney.
1947 – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical “Allegro” premieres at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances.
1956 – “Giant”, directed by George Stevens, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean, premieres in NYC.
1959 – Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki.
1959 – Pan Am begins regular flights around the world.
1961 – “Milk & Honey” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 543 performances.
1963 – “From Russia With Love” 2nd James Bond film based on novel by Ian Fleming, starring Sean Connery and Daniela Bianchi, premieres in London.
1969 – “Jesus Christ Superstar” soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is recorded.
1973 – Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after pleading no contest to allegations of tax fraud.
1978 – US Congress approves dollar coin honoring women’s suffrage campaigner Susan B. Anthony.
1983 – 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins.
1991 – Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy.
1994 – NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor’s #56.
2014 – Taylor Swift releases her 5th studio album “1989” (2015 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Album of the Year 2016)
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