1684—Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted.
1760—First Jewish prayer book printed in North America.
1824—1st steam locomotive is introduced.
1910—Blanche Scott became first woman solo a public airplane flight.
1915—25,000 women march in New York demanding right to vote.
1921—Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis.
1932—“Fred Allen Show” premieres on radio.
1941—Walt Disney’s animation “Dumbo” released.
1956—First video recording on magnetic tape televised coast-to-coast.
1963—Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park” premieres in NYC.
1967—“Henry, Sweet Henry” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances.
1972—Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain.
1973—Yankee GM & President Lee MacPhail named AL President.
1988—Robert Bork’s supreme court nomination rejected by US Senate.
1991—Clarence Thomas sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice.
1991—Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine kills 2 women.
1997—Dow Jones drops 186.88 points.
2001—Apples releases the iPod.
2013—Boston Red Sox defeat St. Louis Cardinals in game 1 of the MLB 2013 World Series.
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