1752 – Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia.
1772 – Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California.
1799 – Bank of Manhattan Company opens in NYC (forerunner to Chase Manhattan)
1821 – 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail.
1859 – 1st Pullman sleeping car in service.
1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco.
1867 – Robert T. Freeman is1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School.
1878 – 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston)
1902 – Tinker, Evers & Chance appear together for 1st time.
1916 – Baseball season ends due to WW I.
1922 – NYC law requires all “pool” rooms to change name to “billiards”
1949 – 1st network detective series – Private Eyes- premieres.
1962 – UN announces Earth’s population has hit 3 billion.
1975 – Gunsmoke goes off the air.
1978 – Last broadcast of “Columbo” on NBC-TV.
1986 – Jerry Lewis’ 21st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733.
1990 – “Jerome Robbins’ Broadway” closes at Imperial NYC after 634 performances.
1997 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
2006 – Roger Goodell begins his tenure as NFL Commissioner.
2015 – Google changes its logo, biggest redesign since 1999.
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