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A Time Capsule of Significant Events in History for Virtually Everyday of the Year! You will definitely want to share this page with your friends and relatives. Sit back and take a day-by-day journey through history of the events (both inspiring and tragic) that have impacted and shaped our lives. Bookmark This Page!

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January on this day...
DayYearEvent
11928First air conditioned office building, San Antonio, Texas.
 1971Cigarette ads banned on television.
2197455 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon.
31959Alaska admitted as 49th state.
41863Roller skates patented.
51972NASA announces space shuttle development.
61964The Rolling Stones very first headline tour.
71714Typewriter patented.
81935Elvis A Presley birthday.
 1956"Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single hits number 1.
919416,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania.
101951First jet passenger trip.
1118131st pineapples planted in Hawaii.
 1964US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous.
 1973Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC.
121896First X-Ray in the United States.
131930First Mickey Mouse comic strip.
141914First automobile assembly line by Ford.
151870Donkey first used as the democratic symbol.
161991Operation Desert Storm begins.
171929First Popeye comic strip.
181980Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits number 1.
191915Neon sign patented.
201892First basketball game (in Massachusetts).
211978Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" hits number 1.
221973Lyndon B. Johnson dies at the age of 64.
2319861st induction of Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame (Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis & Elvis Presley).
 1991"Seinfeld" debuts on NBC-TV.
241935First Beer sold in cans (Richmond).
251924First winter Olympic games (France).
 1947Al Capone dies.
 1961Disney's "101 Dalmations" released.
261954Ground breaking begins on Disneyland.
271948First tape recorder sold.
281986Space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch.
291933German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor.
 1951Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr.).
301934Hitler proclamation on German unified states.
 1939Hitler calls for the extermination of Jews.
 1950Truman orders H-Bomb development.
311949First television soap, "These Are My Children".

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February on this day...
DayYearEvent
118981st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co.
 1964Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks.
 1968Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
 1968Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers.
21876Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis.
 1892Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter, Baltimore.
 1933Two days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler disolves Parliament.
 1959Buddy Holly's last performance.
 1982"Late Night with David Letterman" premiers on NBC.
31962Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome.
 1977Apple Computer incorporated.
41824J.W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to the public.
 1938Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts.
 1983Karen Carpenter drummer/singer (Carpenters), dies at 32.
51967"The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premiers on CBS (later ABC, NBC).
61933Highest recorded ocean wave (not tsunami), 112', in Pacific hurricane.
 1935Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time.
 1991Danny Thomas comedian/actor, dies at 76 from a heart attack.
71940Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released.
 1949Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees).
 1962Garth Brooks Tulsa Okla, country singer (Birthday).
 1964Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour.
 1965US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam.
81926Walt Disney Studios formed.
91895Volleyball invented by W.G. Morgan in Massachusetts.
 1953"The Adventures of Superman" TV series premiers in syndication.
 19631st flight of Boeing 727 jet.
 19641st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers).
 1964GI Joe character created.
 1969World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight.
1019818 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton.
 1989To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court.
 1992Mike Tyson found guilty of rape in Indiana.
1118781st weekly Weather report published.
 1942"Archie" comic book debuts.
1218791st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC).
1317951st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
 1866Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri.
 1895Moving picture projector patented.
 1959Barbie doll goes on sale.
141912Arizona becomes 48th state.
 1929St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed.
 1989Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill. damages for Bhopol disaster.
1519031st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom.
 1950Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released.
 1992Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys.
161937DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.
 1950Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS.
 1959Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba.
171981Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history.
181885Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published.
 19781st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii.
191977Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner.
201792US postal service created; postage 6-12¢, depending on distance.
 1872Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin.
 1944Batman & Robin comic strip premiers in newspapers.
 1962John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7).
 1966Cindy Crawford Dekalb Ill, super model (Birthday).
2118421st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC.
 18581st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass).
 18781st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn.
 1885Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC).
 19471st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E.H. Land.
 1965Malcolm X black muslim leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC.
2218791st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY.
 1888John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY.
 1923Transcontinental airmail service begins.
 1935Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
 1956Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
 19591st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins.
231822Boston is incorporated as a city.
 1836Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed.
 1945US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue.
2418363,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days.
 18681st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama.
 1938Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
251836Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm.
261919Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
 1933Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field.
2718271st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.
 1874Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds.
281979Mr. Ed talking horse, dies.
 1983Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch.
2919601st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago.

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