Admiral John
Byng
Casey Jones
(he was a real guy)Albert Einstein
Gold Standard
John D Rockefeller
Movie Theaters
Quincy Jones
Billy Crystal
Ten Most Wanted
Kirby Puckett
Jack Ruby
Barbara Streisand
Bill “Willie” Shoemaker
These “Today
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is gathered from multiple sources and is provided “as is” (I was not there at
these events).
| Year | Event |
| 1489 | The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice |
| 1644 | England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) |
| 1743 | 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) |
| 1757 | On board HMS Monarch (his own flagship), British Admiral John Byng is executed by firing squad for neglecting his duty "Pour encourager les autres". Failing to do his utmost. |
| 1790 | Born: Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver |
| 1794 | Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine |
| 1812 | Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 |
| 1864 | Born: [John] Casey Jones, RR engineer (Ballad of Casey Jones) |
| 1870 | California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible |
| 1879 | Born: Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate (theory of relativity) |
| 1888 | 2nd largest snowfall in NYC history (21") |
| 1900 | US currency goes on gold standard after Congress passes the Currency Act |
| 1903 | 1st national bird reservation established in Sebastian, FL |
| 1907 | By Presidential order, the US excludes Japanese laborers from entering the country |
| 1910 | Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere |
| 1913 | John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1913 | South African Supreme Court declares that marriages not celebrated according to Christian rites and/or not registered by the Registrar of Marriages, are invalid; all Muslim and Hindu marriages are therefore declared invalid |
| 1918 | 1st concrete ship to cross the Atlantic (Faith) is launched, SF |
| 1923 | Pres Warren G Harding becomes 1st pres to pay taxes |
| 1931 | 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC) |
| 1933 | Born: Michael Caine, [Maurice J Micklewhite], actor (Alfie), born in London, England |
| 1933 | Quincy Jones Jr, composer/singer (We Are The World), born in Chicago, Illinois |
| 1935 | Folsom becomes 1st line to use 1-man streetcars |
| 1936 | Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue |
| 1947 | Born: Jimmy O'Rourke, rocker |
| 1948 | Born: Billy Crystal, Long Beach, New York, American actor, writer, producer (Soap, City Slickers) |
| 1950 | FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins |
| 1960 | Wilt Chamberlain (Phila) sets NBA playoff record of 53 points |
| 1962 | [Anthony] Kirby Puckett, MLB centerfielder (Minnesota Twins), born in Chicago, Illinois |
| 1964 | Dallas, Texas; Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald's murder |
| 1965 | Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany |
| 1967 | 1st NFL-AFL common draft, Balt Colts pick Bubba Smith |
| 1967 | JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial |
| 1971 | Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV |
| 1971 | The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes |
| 1972 | NBA's Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to KC |
| 1976 | Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race |
| 1992 | Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication |
| 1994 | Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released. |
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