1802—1st non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma.
1845—Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis.
1865—John Hyatts patents billiard ball.
1886—1st dinner jacket (tuxedo) worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY.
1889—Barnard College is founded.
1899—IR Johnson patents bicycle frame.
1902—American outlaw Tom Horn’s murder trial begins, and he is eventually found guilty and sentenced to death.
1916—In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3.
1932—“Betty & Bob” premieres on radio.
1933—1st synthetic detergent, “Dreft” by Procter and Gamble, goes on sale.
1944—US takes Okinawa.
1947—Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical “Allegro” premieres at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances.
1957—US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he was refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware.
1961—“Milk & Honey” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 543 performances.
1965—The Supremes appear on Ed Sullivan Show.
1973—US Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion & resigns.
1979—Fleetwood Mac gets a star in Hollywood.
1991—Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy.
1991—US cuts all foreign aid to Haiti.
1994—NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor’s #56.
2013—Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize for literature.
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