1780 – John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1861 – Telegraph messages sent from St. Louis to San Francisco.
1870 – Postcards first used in USA.
1923 – Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal.
1924 – “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip 1st published.
1929 – Former Interior Secretary Albert Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe.
1939 – George Kaufman/Moss Hart’s “Man Who Came to Dinner” premieres in NYC.
1953 – Cleveland Brown’s QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles.
1955 – Tappan sells 1st microwave oven.
1962 – US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson demands USSR UN rep Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying “I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over.”
1974 – US Air Force fires 1st ICBM.
1976 – Gov. George Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape.
1977 – Digital Equipment Corporation releases OpenVMS V1.0.
1978 – Padres Gaylord Perry is 1st to win Cy Young in both leagues (NL).
1981 – George Steinbrenner scuffles with 2 fans in a hotel elevator.
1984 – Hepatitis virus is discovered.
1988 – ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy pigs’ popularity as pets.
1996 – Frank, brother of Yank manager Joe Torre, receives a heart transplant.
2001 – Windows XP first became available.
2014 – Fidel Castro, Cuba’s President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8.
About Author
