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1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated
& scattered by English defenders
1773 First schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns
completed, Schoenbrunn, OH
1786 First newspaper published west of Alleghenies,
Pittsburgh Gazette
1835 First sugar plantation in Hawaii begins
1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable
tennis court
1908 St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out
16 Philadelphia Athletics
1914 First transcontinental phone link made between
NYC & SF
1920 First transcontinental airmail flight from
NY to SF
1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie"
is released
1930 Record high temperature of 115° in Holly
Springs, MS
1936 RCA shows the first real TV
program
1938 Olympic National Park established
1950 "Mona Lisa" by Nat 'King' Cole
topped the charts
1950 RKO pictures released the Walt Disney's "Treasure Island"
1952 First nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 24,608
feet of water (record)
1957 International Atomic Energy Agency established
by UN
1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show
premiers
1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act
of 1958
1961 Phillies lose first of 23 straight
games
1961 "Tossin' & Turnin'" by Bobby
Lewis topped the charts
1965 Beatles movie "Help" premiers,
Queen Elizabeth attends
1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies
(16), Pirates (10)
1967 "Light My Fire" by the Doors topped
the charts
1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter
photos of Mars
1972 "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert
O'Sullivan topped the charts
1974 St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock steals his 700th
base
1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn &
its rings
1978 "Shadow Dancing" by Andy Gibb topped
the charts
1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive
game streak
1986 NY jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws,
awards USFL $1 in damages
1987 Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree
on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record
(8'0") in San Juan
1989 Phillies retire Steve Carltons # 32
1989 "Toy Soldiers" by Martika topped
the charts
1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with
12 doubles in a game
1991 First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets
beat Cubs 6-0)
1994 State record high temperature of 125°
in Laughlin, NV
2003 Boston's Bill Mueller became the first player
to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a game and connected for three homers in a 14-7 win at Texas
a game
2006 Bar waitress solves identity theft
case
