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2003 The Concorde made its last commercial flight, landing at Heathrow Airport, London

1997 Jacques-Yves Cousteau, oceanographer, made many documentaries about the ocean, dies of heart attack at 87

1994 In Denmark the largest lollipop, weighing 3,011 pounds, made

1994 Largest omelet (1,383 ft) made with 160,000 eggs in Yokohama Japan

1990 Supreme Court rules family members cannot end lives of comatose relatives unless those relatives previously made their wishes known

1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament

1989 Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price)

1988 Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities

1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made

1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut

1984 McDonald's made its 50 billionth hamburger

1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month

1981 Largest Jell-O made (9,246 gallons of watermelon-flavor) in Brisbane

1979 Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler

1978 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at New York Kennedy Airport and made off with $5.8 M in cash and jewelry

1977 1st Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut

1975 "Night... Made America Famous" closes at Barrymore New York City after 75 performances

1975 "Night... Made America Famous" opens at Barrymore New York City for 75 performances

1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House

1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall

1971 Bobby Leslie, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1970 Nia Long, born in Brooklyn, New York, actress, Guiding Light, Made in America, Soul Food

1970 Patrick Dancy, TV rocker, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1970 Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark

1969 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"

1969 Eddie Garcia, born in Louisiana, actor/musician, Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You

1968 Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours

1968 Apollo 5 launched to Moon; unmanned lunar module tests made

1965 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

1962 Beatles made their broadcasting debut on BBC radio

1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test

1961 Teri Copley, Arcadia, California, actress, Mickey-We've Got it Made

1961 Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads"

1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio

1960 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88

1959 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony

1959 1st known radar contact is made with Venus

1958 Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)

1957 Comic strip "Andy Capp" made its debut

1956 Stepfanie Kramer, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Claudia-We Got it Made, Hunter

1956 Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public

1956 Timothy Daly, born in Sufferin, New York, actor, Joe-Wings, Diner, Made in Heaven

1955 Johnny Cash made his 1st chart appearance with "Cry Cry Cry"

1955 LSD made illegal in U.S.

1955 Elvis Presley made his 1st TV appearance

1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal

1954 B-52A bomber made its maiden flight

1951 1st jet passenger trip made

1950 Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14

1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950

1948 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania

1947 Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2

1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN

1946 Attempt made to recall Mayor Lapham (1st time in San Francisco history)

1943 Alan Rudolph, actor, Endangers Species, Love at Large, Made in Heaven

1941 Germans made their last major air attack on Britain

1940 Nancy Sinatra, born in Jersey City, singer, Boots are Made for Walkin'

1939 Billy Henderson, rocker, Spinners-That's What Girls Are Made For

1939 Frank Sinatra made his recording debut

1937 Johnny Sayles, U.S. vocalist, You Made Me Wiggle

1935 1st radio tube made of metal announced, Schenectady, New York

1935 "Your Hit Parade" made its debut on radio

1934 Donald Duck made his 1st screen appearance ("The Wise Little Hen")

1934 Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany

1934 [Navarre] Scott Momaday, U.S. author, House Made of Dawn, Pulitzer 1969

1930 Lowell Thomas made debuts on CBS Radio replacing Floyd Gibbons

1930 George Headley scores century on debut vs. England (made 176)

1929 Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber

1929 Vatican City, world's smallest country, made an enclave of Rome

1928 Last recording of Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues," made

1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut

1928 Mickey Mouse made his 1st appearance

1926 Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37

1926 Chiang Kai-shek is made supreme war lord in Canton

1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations

1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C.

1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF

1914 Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69

1912 Albert Berry made the 1st parachute jump from an airplane

1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa

1903 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom

1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut

1898 Louise Beavers, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Beulah-Beulah, Made for each other

1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car)

1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood

1892 1st cattle tuberculosis test in U.S. made, Villa Nova, Penn

1892 1st successful auroral photograph made

1886 W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. Aust, The Oval

1884 1st known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota

1883 Rube Goldberg, cartoonist, who made the easy outrageously difficult

1880 Sarah Bernhardt, French actress, made U.S. debut at New York's Booth Theater

1877 1st sound recording made (Thomas Edison)

1876 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)

1874 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, England, novelist, Man Who Made Gold

1871 Alma Kruger, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actress, Made For Each Other

1871 The decimal currency system is made uniform in Canada

1870 Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital

1869 Concord pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented

1864 Louis Lumiere, with brother Auguste made 1st motion picture in 1895

1862 Auguste Lumiere, made 1st movie, Workers Leaving Lumiere Factory

1861 Gen George B. McClellan made general in chief of Union armies

1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair

1852 Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the New York Lantern weekly

1850 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration

1850 Levi Strauss made his 1st blue jeans

1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass

1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony

1841 Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City)

1839 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in U.S., John Draper, New York City

1838 Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph

1831 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king

1830 Horse beats 1st U.S. made locomotive (near Baltimore)

1827 Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82

1800 James Bogardus, U.S. inventor/builder, made cast-iron buildings

1789 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress

1787 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City

1786 Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised, Mr Hall, New York City

1786 Nicholas Biddle, made 2nd bank of U.S. 1st effective central bank

1777 Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army

1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor

1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales

1594 Gustavus II Adolphus, king who made Sweden a major power, 1611-32

1310 Shoes were made for both right and left feet

673 Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church



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