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John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY. on Feb 22, 1888A 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. Brought to you by: nServices.com

Photo: John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans in Yonkers, NY on Feb 22, 1888.

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January on this day...
Day Year Event
1 1928 First air conditioned office building, San Antonio, Texas.
  1971 Cigarette ads banned on television.
2 1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon.
3 1959 Alaska admitted as 49th state.
4 1863 Roller skates patented.
5 1972 NASA announces space shuttle development.
6 1964 The Rolling Stones very first headline tour.
7 1714 Typewriter patented.
8 1935 Elvis A Presley birthday.
  1956 "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single hits number 1.
9 1941 6,000 Jews exterminated in pogrom in Bucharest Romania.
10 1951 First jet passenger trip.
11 1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii.
  1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous.
  1973 Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC.
12 1896 First X-Ray in the United States.
13 1930 First Mickey Mouse comic strip.
14 1914 First automobile assembly line by Ford.
15 1870 Donkey first used as the democratic symbol.
16 1991 Operation Desert Storm begins.
17 1929 First Popeye comic strip.
18 1980 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits number 1.
19 1915 Neon sign patented.
20 1892 First basketball game (in Massachusetts).
21 1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" hits number 1.
22 1973 Lyndon B. Johnson dies at the age of 64.
23 1986 1st 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.
24 1935 First Beer sold in cans (Richmond).
25 1924 First winter Olympic games (France).
  1947 Al Capone dies.
  1961 Disney's "101 Dalmations" released.
26 1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland.
27 1948 First tape recorder sold.
28 1986 Space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after launch.
29 1933 German President von Hindenburg appoints Hitler chancellor.
  1951 Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr.).
30 1934 Hitler proclamation on German unified states.
  1939 Hitler calls for the extermination of Jews.
  1950 Truman orders H-Bomb development.
31 1949 First television soap, "These Are My Children".

February on this day...
Day Year Event
1 1898 1st auto insurance policy in US issued, by Travelers Insurance Co.
  1964 Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand," 1st #1 hit & stays #1 for 7 weeks.
  1968 Saigon police chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head.
  1968 Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of the Green Bay Packers.
2 1876 Baseball's National League forms with teams in Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Hartford, Louisville, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis.
  1892 Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter, Baltimore.
  1933 Two days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler disolves Parliament.
  1959 Buddy Holly's last performance.
  1982 "Late Night with David Letterman" premiers on NBC.
3 1962 Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome.
  1977 Apple Computer incorporated.
4 1824 J.W. Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to the public.
  1938 Hitler seizes control of German army & puts Nazi in key posts.
  1983 Karen Carpenter drummer/singer (Carpenters), dies at 32.
5 1967 "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premiers on CBS (later ABC, NBC).
6 1933 Highest recorded ocean wave (not tsunami), 112', in Pacific hurricane.
  1935 Board game "Monopoly" goes on sale for the 1st time.
  1991 Danny Thomas comedian/actor, dies at 76 from a heart attack.
7 1940 Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released.
  1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees).
  1962 Garth Brooks Tulsa Okla, country singer (Birthday).
  1964 Beatles land at NY's JFK airport, for 1st US tour.
  1965 US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam.
8 1926 Walt Disney Studios formed.
9 1895 Volleyball invented by W.G. Morgan in Massachusetts.
  1953 "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premiers in syndication.
  1963 1st flight of Boeing 727 jet.
  1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers).
  1964 GI Joe character created.
  1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight.
10 1981 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton.
  1989 To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court.
  1992 Mike Tyson found guilty of rape in Indiana.
11 1878 1st weekly Weather report published.
  1942 "Archie" comic book debuts.
12 1879 1st artificial ice rink in North America (Madison Sq Garden, NYC).
13 1795 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
  1866 Jesse James holds up his 1st bank, Liberty, Missouri.
  1895 Moving picture projector patented.
  1959 Barbie doll goes on sale.
14 1912 Arizona becomes 48th state.
  1929 St Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago, 7 gangsters killed.
  1989 Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill. damages for Bhopol disaster.
15 1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom.
  1950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released.
  1992 Jeffrey Dahmer found sane & guilty of killing 15 boys.
16 1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers.
  1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS.
  1959 Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba.
17 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history.
18 1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," published.
  1978 1st Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) held, Kona, Hawaii.
19 1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st test flight atop a 747 jetliner.
20 1792 US postal service created; postage 6-12¢, depending on distance.
  1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin.
  1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premiers in newspapers.
  1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7).
  1966 Cindy Crawford Dekalb Ill, super model (Birthday).
21 1842 1st known sewing machine patent in US, John Greenough, Wash DC.
  1858 1st electric burglar alarm installed (Boston, Mass).
  1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued, New Haven, Conn.
  1885 Washington Monument dedicated (Washington, DC).
  1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E.H. Land.
  1965 Malcolm X black muslim leader, assassinated at 39 in NYC.
22 1879 1st 5¢ & 10¢ store opened by FW Woolworth in Utica, NY.
  1888 John Reid of Scotland demonstrates golf to Americans, Yonkers, NY.
  1923 Transcontinental airmail service begins.
  1935 Airplanes are no longer permitted to fly over the White House.
  1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
  1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins.
23 1822 Boston is incorporated as a city.
  1836 Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed.
  1945 US Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima, famous photo & statue.
24 1836 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at the Alamo, lasts 13 days.
  1868 1st US parade with floats, Mobile, Alabama.
  1938 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
25 1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm.
26 1919 Congress established Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
  1933 Golden Gate Bridge ground-breaking ceremony held at Crissy Field.
27 1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.
  1874 Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds.
28 1979 Mr. Ed talking horse, dies.
  1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch.
29 1960 1st Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago.

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