Johannes Kepler - by his own calculations - is conceived at 4:37 AM
James Boswell meets Samuel Johnson - in London
Marie Antoinette marries future King Louis XVI of France
Congress authorizes nickel 5› piece (replaces silver half-dime)
President Johnson acquitted in Senate - by 1 vote
Metropolitan Gas Company lamps lit for 1st time
Ewing Field - near Masonic Street - opens
Joan of Arc was canonized in Rome
Bob Meusel steals 2nd 3rd & Home
1st Academy Awards (Best film is Wings)
Israel issues its 1st stamps
American author & critic James Agee died in NY
Kraft Theatre presented an act from Profiles in Courage
Yanks involved in Copacabana Incident - leads to Billy Martin trade
Gordon Cooper completes 22 Earth orbits in Faith 7
Venera 5 lands on Venus
1st class postage now costs 8› (was 6›)
Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mt Everest's summit
Canucks 1-Isles 3 - Stanley Cup- Isles win cup 4-0 (15-4)
Isles win 3rd Cup in row def Canucks in Vancouver 3-1 in game 4
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December
