| Today in History |
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2020 ‐
Record 52% of American 18-29-year-olds are living with their parents because of the pandemic according to Pew Research Center study
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1998 ‐
Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
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1992 ‐
Singer Harry Nilsson makes a rare (and final) concert appearance, joining Ringo and His All-Starr Band for a version of his "Without You" at Caesar’s Palace. Las Vegas, Nevada
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1972 ‐
"The Price is Right" - US's longest running games show debuts on CBS
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1957 ‐
Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to prevent 9 black students from entering a Little Rock's Central High School
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1951 ‐
1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by US President Harry Truman
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1950 ‐
First helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
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1933 ‐
1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
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1893 ‐
English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5 year old boy
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1882 ‐
In its 1st large-scale test, Thomas Edison's light bulb is used to light NY's Pearl Street Station
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1864 ‐
Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
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1854 ‐
English and French lay siege to the eastern Russian city of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky during the Crimean war
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1833 ‐
1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old by the NY Sun)
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1807 ‐
Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat between New York and Albany
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1781 ‐
Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes)
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1778 ‐
City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with American rebels
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