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1858 |
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A telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to U.S. President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable. |
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1978 |
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Xerox was fined for excluding Smith-Corona Mfg. from the copier market. The fine was $25.6 million. |
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1984 |
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John DeLorean was acquitted on eight counts of a $24 million dollar cocaine conspiracy indictment. |
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1906 |
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1,500 people died in an earthquake in Valparaiso, Chile. |
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1987 |
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156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed. The only survivor was four-year old Cecelia Cichan. |
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1937 |
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Harvard University became the first school to have graduate courses in traffic engineering and administration. |
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1954 |
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Jack Paar replaced Walter Cronkite as host of "The Morning Show" on CBS-TV. |
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1923 |
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The King Dies: Elvis Presley died in this day in 1977 at his Memphis mansion, at the age of 42. The iconic status he achieved in his lifetime coupled with a sudden and relatively early death cemented his position as one of the most famous rock stars ever. |
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1923 |
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Carnegie Steel Corporation put into place the eight-hour workday for its employees. |
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1829 |
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The "Siamese twins," Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston, MA. They had come to the Western world to be exhibited. They were 18 years old and joined at the waist. |
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1948 |
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Babe Ruth died at the age of 53. |
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1993 |
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Harvey Weinstein was rescued from a 14-foot-deep pit by New York Police. He had been there for nearly two weeks while being held for ransom. |
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1861 |
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U.S. President Lincoln prohibited the Union states from trading with the states of the Confederacy. |
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1960 |
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Cyprus was granted independence by Britain. |
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1995 |
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Voters in Bermuda rejected independence from Great Britain. |
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1999 |
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In Russia, Vladimir V. Putin was confirmed as prime minister by the lower house of parliament. |
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1954 |
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Sports Illustrated was published for the first time. It was claimed that 250,000 subscriptions had been sold before the first issue came off of the presses. |
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1920 |
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The only fatality to occur in a major league baseball history happened. Ray Chapman (Cleveland Indians) was hit in the head with a fastball from Carl Mays of the New York Yankees. |
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1930 |
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The first British Empire Games were held at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The event is now called the British Commonwealth Games. |
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1960 |
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The free-fall world record was set by Joseph Kittinger. He fell more than 16 miles (about 84,000 feet) before opening his parachute over New Mexico. |
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1777 |
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During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Bennington took place. New England's minutemen routed the British regulars. |
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1812 |
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Detroit fell to Indian and British troops in the War of 1812. |
