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On this day... 891 Stephen V ends his reign as Catholic Pope 1716 1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor) 1752 England & colonies adopt Gregorian calendar, 11 days disappear 1807 Aaron Burr acquitted of a misdemeanor charge 1812 Napoleon occupies Moscow 1814 Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" 1847 US troops under General Scott enter Mexico City 1848 Alexander Stewart opens the 1st US dept store 1856 Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua defeats invaders 1872 Britain pays the US $15« M for damages during Civil War 1886 George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon 1891 "Empire State Express" train goes from NYC to East Buffalo, a distance of 436 miles, in a record 7H6M 1892 AP Giannini marries Clorinda Cuneo 1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY) 1903 NY Giant Red Ames no-hits St Louis, 5-0 in a 5 inning game 1905 RAC Tourist Trophy, 1st run, on the Isle of Man 1916 Christy Mathewson pitches & wins his final game 1917 Provisional government of Russia established, Republic proclaimed 1923 Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain 1930 Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6 1930 Nazis gain 107 seats in German election 1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire 1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight 1940 Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law) 1942 Yanks clinch pennant #13 1943 Yanks clinch pennant #14 1948 Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Mich 5th Dist Rep primary 1948 Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters 1948 Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater 1951 Giant's Bob Niemans homers on his 1st 2 at bats 1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage 1956 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC 1957 UN resolution deplores & condemns USSR invasion of Hungary 1963 Mary Ann Fischer, Aberdeen, SD, gave birth to America's 1st surviving quintuplets, 4 girls & a boy 1964 Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House 1965 "F-Troop" premiers 1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in the Bronx named 1967 Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge & Sanctuary opens in the Bronx 1968 Detroit Tigers' Denny McLain's 30th victory of the season 1968 USSR's Zond 5 is launched on 1st circumlunar flight 1971 Cleve Indians & Wash Senators, play 20 innings 1972 "Waltons" TV program premiers 1973 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise 1973 Israel shoots down 13 Syrian MIG-21s 1973 Pres Nixon signed into law a measure lifting pro football's blackout 1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter 1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint 1979 Theodore Coombs completes 5,193 mile roller skate from LA to NYC & back to Yates Center, Ks 1981 Entertainment Tonight premiers on TV 1982 36" snow (Red Lodge, MT) 1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of the English Channel 1982 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" 1983 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner 1984 1st MTV awards-Bette Midler & Dan Aykroyd host 1986 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game 1987 Oriole Cal Ripken Jr sets record of playing 8,243 inn in 910 games 1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 HRs vs Baltimore Orioles 1989 Calgary Flames become 1st NHL team to play in USSR, win 4-2 1991 Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (Hawaii) crowned Miss America 1992 1991 Magic Johnson weds Erieatha "Cookie" Kelly
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