- 1821 American tailor and inventor Thomas L. Jennings (30) receives a US patent for his "dry-scouring" process, the forerunner of today’s modern dry-cleaning
- 1875 First recognized hockey game is played at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, according to the International Ice Hockey Federation, though it likely occurred much earlier [1]
Helen Keller Begins Lessons
1887 Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6-year-old blind-deaf Helen Keller
- 1915 US National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) created, the predecessor of NASA
- 1923 Time magazine publishes its first issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the US House of Representatives
- 1931 "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially becomes the US national anthem by congressional resolution; lyrics by Francis Scott Key in 1814 are set to John Stafford Smith's 18th-century tune "The Anacreontic Song"
Heartbreak Hotel
1956 Elvis Presley's first hit in Billboard's top 10: "Heartbreak Hotel"
- 1959 First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launches
- 1969 Apollo 9 launched for 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
Music History
1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles, begun after John Lennon's infamous "Jesus" quote in 1966
Master of Puppets
1986 Elektra Records releases "Master of Puppets," the third studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica
The Massacre
2005 American rapper 50 Cent releases his album “The Massacre” (2005 Billboard Album of the Year, Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album 2006)
- 2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane around the world solo without any stops or refueling, completing a journey of 40,234 km (25,000 miles) in 67 hours and 2 minutes
- 2018 "The Emoji Movie" named worst film in 2017 in Razzies awards
Event of Interest
2019 SpaceX's Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International Space Station during its demonstration run
