2002 Denys Fisher, inventor, created the Spirograph, dies at 84
2002 Pat Weaver, TV innovator, created the Today Show, dies at 93
2000 Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72
1999 Harry Rossoll, illustrator, created Smokey the Bear, dies at 89
1996 Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84
1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs
1991 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pa
1980 Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented
1979 European Monetary System is established, ECU created
1979 David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter
1978 Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip
1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created
1967 DNA created in a test tube
1966 Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created
1965 Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created
1964 GI Joe character created
1963 CIA Domestic Operations Division created
1958 Recording Industry Association of American created
1956 Photography begins on "... and God Created Women"
1954 Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program
1953 Department of Health, Education and Welfare created
1952 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day)
1950 Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
1948 Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created
1947 U.S. Department of Army created
1943 Women's Marine Corps created
1942 National War Labor Board created
1942 US Joint Chiefs of Staff created
1941 US Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II
1940 Tom and Jerry created by Hanna and Barbera debut by MGM
1939 Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83
1937 U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
1934 Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women
1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created
1933 U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created
1933 U.S. Employment Service created
1932 Walt Disney Art School created
1931 Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness
1930 Veterans Administration created
1928 Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft
1928 Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella
1926 National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America
1926 U.S. Customs Court created by congress
1925 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K.
1921 Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas
1919 Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created
1918 Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president
1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted
1915 Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
1915 US Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services
1913 Archdiocese of Managua created
1912 Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader, created salsa music
1908 Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice
1908 Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59
1906 Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1904 Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz
1904 Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo
1902 James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
1901 Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light
1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant"
1891 H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard
1891 Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) created
1890 Territory of Oklahoma created
1883 Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion
1882 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison
1874 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies
1874 James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
1870 Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created
1866 Australian Rules Football is created
1865 Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks
1863 Arizona Territory created
1862 Department of Agriculture created
1861 West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg
1861 Territories of Nevada and Colorado created
1860 Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County
1860 U.S. Secret Service created
1854 Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created
1851 Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries
1850 Territories of New Mexico and Utah created
1848 Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, created Uncle Remus stories
1848 William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball
1848 Oregon Territory created
1847 Doughnut created
1837 James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary
1836 Territory of Wisconsin created
1833 Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes
1808 French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names
1792 U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance
1790 Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress
1790 Revenue Marine Service, U.S. Coast Guard, created
1789 US Attorney General Office is created
1789 Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department
1789 U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress
1761 Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum
1756 John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt
1719 Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire
1503 Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)
1070 Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France
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