In 1911 "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan is #1 on the charts. In 1938 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra record "Boogie Woogie." In 1957 "Chances Are" by Johnny Mathis enters the U.S. top 40 chart. In 1963 Swan Records releases the Beatles' "She Loves You" b/w "I'll Get You" in the U.S. after Capitol Records rejected it. In 1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV with guests Sam Cooke, the Everly Brothers, and the Righteous Brothers. In 1965 The Rolling Stones open the second season of "Shindig!" with the Kinks, the Byrds and the Everly Brothers. In 1965 "Eight Days A Week" by the Beatles is certified gold. In 1966 The Metropolitan Opera opens its season in its new opera house at New York's Lincoln Center. In 1967 A British radio station mistakenly announces that Englebert Humperdinck had died in a car crash. In 1970 Led Zeppelin is named the UK's top group by the r

In 1630 The Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston. In 1782 The Great Seal of the United States is used for first time. In 1810 Mexico declares independence from Spain. In 1857 A patent is issued for the typesetting machine. In 1893 Hundreds of thousands of settlers swarm onto a section of land in Oklahoma known as the Cherokee Strip. In 1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in New Jersey. In 1919 The American Legion is incorporated by an act of Congress. In 1940 President Franklin Roosevelt signs into law the Selective Training and Service Act, the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history. In 1940 Samuel T. Rayburn of Texas is elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1949 Wile E. Coyote debuts in the Warner Bros. cartoon "Fast & Furryous." In 1963 The science fiction series "The Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV. In 1953 "The Robe," the first movie filmed in the widescreen process CinemaScope,

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In 1948 13-year-old Elvis Presley and his family moved from Tupelo, MS, to Memphis, TN. In 1964 "Come A Little Bit Closer" by Jay & the Americans entered the U.S. Top 40 chart. In 1965 The Beatles made their first studio appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in over a year and a half. In 1966 The Beatles' single "Yellow Submarine" was certified gold. In 1966 ABC-TV's musical variety series, "The Roger Miller Show," premiered. In 1966 Hey-hey we're "The Monkees" premiered on NBC-TV. In 1970 Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Arlo Guthrie appeared at the Woody Guthrie Memorial Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. In 1970 "Josie and the Pussycats," a Saturday morning cartoon about an all-girl band, debuts on CBS-TV. In 1970 "We've Only Just Begun" by the Carpenters and "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor entered the U.S. Top 40 chart. In 1974 Mick Jagger and Roberta Flack were among the celebrities attending a

In 1609 English explorer Henry Hudson sails into the river that now bears his name. In 1814 The Battle of North Point was fought near Baltimore during the War of 1812. In 1874 The Remington typewriter went on the market for the first time. In 1918 During World War I, U.S. forces led by General John J. Pershing launched an attack on the German-occupied St. Mihiel salient north of Verdun, France. In 1928 Katharine Hepburn made her New York stage debut in "Night Hostess." In 1938 In a speech in Nuremberg, Adolf Hitler demanded self-determination for the Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia. In 1943 During World War II, German paratroopers took Benito Mussolini from the hotel where the Italian government was holding him. In 1944 During World War II, U.S. Army troops entered Germany for the first time, near Trier. In 1953 Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island. In 1954 "Lassie" makes its television debut on CBS. In 1959

In 1575 British navigator/explorer, Henry Hudson (Hudson River) In 1812 Inventor, Richard Hoe (rotary printing press) In 1818 Inventor, Richard Jordan Gatling (hand-cranked machine gun) In 1829 American newspaperman Charles Dudley Warner In 1843 Businessman, Henry Leland (formed Lincoln Motor Company) In 1880 American newspaperman/author Henry Louis Mencken In 1888 French actor, Maurice Chevalier (Gigi, Can-Can) In 1892 U.S. publisher, Alfred A. Knopf In 1894 Cartoon voice, Billy Gilbert (Sneezy-Snow White & Seven Dwarfs) In 1897 French physicist Irene Joliot-Curie (neutrons) (Nobel-1935) In 1901 Actor, Ben Blue (It's A Mad Mad Mad World) [d: 3-7-75] In 1907 Scientist, Edwin McMillan (helped build first atom bomb) [d: 9-7-91] In 1913 Track athelete, Jesse Owens (Olympic-4 Gold-1936) [d: 3-31-80] In 1914 Actor, Desmond Llewelyn (Q-James Bond movies) [d: 12-19-99] In 1915 Singer/actor, Billy Daniels (That Old Black Magic) [d: 10-7-88] In 1916 Actor, Edward Binns (Wallie-It Takes