| 1 Walt Disney World opened
in Orlando, Florida (1971)
2 Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schultz first appeared in
newspapers (1950)
3 Frank Robinson becomes major leagues baseball's first black
manager for the Cleveland Indians. (1974)
5 The World Series was broadcast on radio for the first time
(1921)
6 Thomas Edison showed the 1st motion picture (1889)
9 The general public was first admitted into the Washington
Monument.
11 Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the
first American woman to walk in space. (1984)
14 Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1964)
15 "I Love Lucy" premiered on television. (1951)
U.S. Department of Transportation was created (1966)
16 Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason. (1793)
16 Cuban Missile crisis begins. (1962)
17 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion. (1931)
19 The Senate passed a bill making Martin Luther King's Birthday
a national holiday. (1983)
19 The Revolutionary War ended. (1781)
21 Thomas Edison invented the incandescent electric lamp. (1879)
23 25,000 women marched gin New York City demanding the right to
vote. (1915)
24 The United Nations came into existence. (1945)
24 Anna Edison Taylor is the first person to survive going over
Niagara Falls in a barrel. (1901)
26 The Erie Canal opened. (1825)
27 President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday. (1858) The "Teddy
bear" was named after him.
28 France presented the U.S. with the statute of Liberty. (1886)
28 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is completed. (1965)
29 The New York Stock Exchange crashed on what came to be known
as "Black Tuesday", starting the Great Depression (1929)
31 Magician Harry Houdini dies from complications of a ruptured
appendix. (1926)
31 Indian Prime Minister Indira Ghandi was assassinated. (1984)
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