1998 Event AOL raises monthly flat rate internet access from $19.95 to $21.95 1986 Event Fred Markham (U.S.), unpaced and unaided by wind, is 1st to pedal 65 mph on a level course, Big Sand Flat, California 1970 Event Flat Earth celebrated 1957 Event 1st rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada 1953 Event 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada 1951 Event 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada 1912 Birthday Richard Carlson, Minnesota, actor, All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi 1851 Birthday Emile Berliner, Germany, inventor, flat phonograph record 1836 Birthday Bret Harte, U.S., author, Outcasts of Poker Flat 1826 Event Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premiered in Vienna 1784 Event Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)