Today in History – 4 May

Posted on May 4, 2009

1959 1st Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win

1942 Food 1st rationed in U.S.

1927 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, Ill)

1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail ( penny)

1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris)

Today in History – 3 May

Posted on May 2, 2009

3rd May – World Press Freedom Day

1982 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts

1965 1st use of satellite TV, Today Show on Early Bird Satellite

1952 1st landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole

1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy

1923 1st nonstop transcontinental flight (New York – San Diego) completed

1845 1st black lawyer (Macon B. Allen) admitted to bar

1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts

1765 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia

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Today in History – 2 May

Posted on May 2, 2009

1968 Israeli television begins transmitting

1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts

Today in History – 1 May

Posted on May 1, 2009

1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)

1963 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest

1962 1st French underground nuclear experiment in the Sahara at Ecker Algeria

1960 India’s Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states

1947 Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated

1939 Batman comics hit street

1935 Canada’s 1st silver dollar is circulated

1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)

1873 1st U.S. postal card issued

1867 Howard University chartered

1866 American Equal Rights Association forms

1840 1st adhesive postage stamps (“Penny Blacks” from England) issued

1751 1st American cricket match is played

Today in History – 30 April

Posted on April 30, 2009

1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern)

1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized

1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut

1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri

1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US

1772 John Clais patents 1st scale

Today in History – 29 April

Posted on April 29, 2009

1994 Israel and PLO sign economic accord

1991 Croatia declares independence

1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va

1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service

1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia)

1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens

Today in History – 28 April

Posted on April 28, 2009

1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa ends [3 days]

1937 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (New York City)

1937 1st commercial flight across Pacific, Pan Am

1935 Moscow underground opens (81 km long)

1910 1st night air flight (Claude Grahame-White, England)

1855 1st veterinary college in U.S. incorporated in Boston

Today in History – 27 April

Posted on April 27, 2009

1994 President Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California

1989 Mandatory seatbelt law goes into effect in Italy

1961 Sierra Leone declares independence from U.K.

1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee

1946 1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed

Today in History – 26 April

Posted on April 26, 2009

1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote

1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands

1906 1st motion pictures shown in Hawaii

1755 1st Russian university opens (Moscow)

1721 Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated

1564 William Shakespeare baptized

Today in History – 25 April

Posted on April 25, 2009

1960 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by Triton

1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated

1938 1st use of seeing eye dog

1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee)