1990 - Vinnie Johnson, AKA the Microwave, sinks jumper with .7 seconds left: Detroit beats Portland.
1959 - The Disneyland Monorail System opens - it is the first daily operating monorail in the Western Hemisphere.
1942 - The first bazooka rocket gun is produced in Bridgeport, CT.
1942 - Bambi, now ranked third in animated films by the American Film Institute, is released by Disney.
1872 - Trade Unions are legalized in Canada.
1846 - With a bear representing it on its flag, California Republic proclaimed in Sonoma.
1777 - The Stars and Stripes adopted by Congress as the flag of the United States of America.
1775 - The U.S. Army is founded.
 

DID YOU KNOW.....

cucumbers are 96% water.

1989 - Rock and roll singer Jerry Lee Lewis is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1971 - The NY Times begins publishing "The Pentagon Papers."
1967 - Thurgood Marshall nominated as first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
1955 - The first Russian diamond mine, Mir Mine, is discovered - soon to produce $600 million in diamonds a year.
1933 - The first sodium vapor lamps are installed in Schenectady, NY.
1898 - Dawson is chosen as capital of Yukon Territory, Whitehorse was the current capital.
1774 - Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves.
 

DID YOU KNOW.....

if you could drive to the sun at a speed 55 mph it would take approximately 193 years to reach.

2002 - The Lakers complete a sweep of the Nets in the NBA finals - Shaq named finals MVP.
1997 - The Boeing 777 completes its first flight and becomes the world's largest twin jet aircraft.
1996 - Federal judges in Philadelphia block law against internet indecency.
1965 - Singing duo Sonny and Cher perform on "American Bandstand" for their first TV appearance.
1954 - Youngest Saint, Dominic Savio, canonized.
1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in NY.
1898 - General Emilio Aguinaldo declares independence of Philippines from Spain.
 

DID YOU KNOW.....

there are over 10 trillion living cells in the human body.

2002 - Congress acknowledges Antonio Meucci as first inventor of the telephone.
1998 - Digital Equipment Corporation is purchased by Compaq Computer for $9 billion, making it the largest high-tech acquisition.
1997 - Fighting off the flu - Michael Jordan somehow scores 38 points in Game 5 of the NBA finals.
1993 - NBC stops airing two TV game shows: "Scattergories" and "Scrabble."
1991 - Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0.
1991 - Predictions saved lives from Mount Pinatubo's volcanic eruption.
1788 - Explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1776 - Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, et al, appointed by Continental Congress to draft Declaration of Independence.
1509 - Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.

 
DID YOU KNOW.....

the Statue of Liberty weighs over 225 tons.

2007 - Lewis Hamilton first African-American to win Formula One race in Canadian Grand Prix.
1972 - "The Candy Man", performed by Sammy Davis, Jr., hits #1 on Billboard Chart.
1967 - 1st gathering of "Summer of Love": Fantasy Faire & Magic Mountain Music Festival.
1966 - Janis Joplin performs her first live concert at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco.
1963 - To get women to be paid the same as men - JFK signs into law the Equal Pay Act - so that there will be equal pay for those doing equal work.
1915 - The Girl Scouts organization is formed.
1854 - The U.S. Naval Academy holds its first graduation in Annapolis, Maryland.
1793 - Jardin des Plantes: the first public zoo is created.
1760 - NY passes the first effective law regulating practice of medicine.
 

DID YOU KNOW.....

the most eaten fruit in America is the banana.

1995 - The long range Boeing 777 enters service with United Airlines.
1990 - Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida opens up its new 3 soundstages and begins production at Universal Studios, Florida.
1978 - The Washington Bullets defeat the Seattle Supersonics in Game 7 of the NBA finals.
1975 - Sony releases the Betamax videocassette recorder to the public.
1969 - The Johnny Cash Show, a television variety show hosted by Johnny Cash, airs on ABC.
1914 - The first vessel passes through the locks at the Panama Canal.
1893 - Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience takes place in South Africa.
1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas is signed.

   
DID YOU KNOW.....

sharks can sense a drop of blood from 2.5 miles away.

1993 - Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music).
1977 - First PC, the Apple II, goes on sale.
1956 - Federal Court rules racial segregation on the Montgomery buses unconstitutional.
1947 - With the US booming and Europe severely struggling, the "Marshall Plan" is implemented to help Europe rebuild after the war.
1917 - 10 million men register for draft WWI.
1876 - Bananas introduced to U.S. at Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
1837 - The Republic of Texas incorporates Houston.
1805 - The first recorded tornado in "Tornado Alley" happened in southern Illinois.
 

DID YOU KNOW.....

before 1863 the postal service in the US was free.