W.H. Vanderbilt said, “The public be damned!”, 1882
Aristotle died, -322
Pan American Conference first held (Washington DC), 1889
Rock Hudson, actor, died, 1985
Tiny Tim was mystery guest on “What’s My Line?”, 1969
First robotics-based CAM, 1939
Last major league triple header played (Forbes Field), 1920
African camel arrived in Boston, 1721
Corfam, artificial shoe leather, introduced by DuPont, 1963
First battle of the Texas Revolution, 1835
Jacques Cartier landed at Montreal (then called Hochelaga), 1535
US President Wilson suffered a stroke, 1919
First American League baseball team drew 3,000,000 fans (Twins), 1988
Appalachian Trail Bill signed into law, 1968
Yankee Bucky Dent hit a three run homer to beat the Red Sox 5-4, 1978
“Peanuts” (comic strip) first published, 1950
Thurgood Marshall, first black US Supreme Court Justice, sworn in, 1967
Holmes became heavyweight champion (beat Ali), 1980
Soviet cosmonauts returned to earth after a record 237 days in space, 1984
First episode of “The Twilight Zone” aired, 1959
Richard Miller, former FBI agent, became first charged with espionage, 1984
“The Cisco Kid” debuted (WOR-Mutual radio), 1942
Phileas Fogg wagered 20000 pounds that he could tour the world in 80 days, 1872
Bob Gibson struck out 17 in a World Series game, 1968
Major John Andre, British spy, hanged in connection with B. Arnold’s treason, 1780
First day of 767 day drought (Bagdad, California), 1912