2005 Sony's PlayStation 3 makes it's debut at the E3 trade show
2005 The Huffington Post weblog makes it's debut
2005 Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France
1997 Hideki Irabu makes his debut as a New York Yankee, he beats Tigers 10-3
1997 FCC makes available 311 for non-emergency calls and 711 for hearing or speech-impaired emergency calls
1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days
1996 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs
1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust vs. Sri Lanka, WACA)
1993 Chinese MD82 makes crash landing at Urumqi, 12 killed
1993 Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk
1992 Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive
1992 Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play
1991 Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49
1991 California University makes Dead Sea Scrolls public
1989 Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal)
1989 Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals
1989 1st U.S. private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989 Boeing B-22 Osprey VTOL aircraft makes maiden flight
1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
1988 Yanks' Tommy John makes 3 errors on 1 play yet beats Brewers 16-3
1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder makes racist remarks about black athletes
1987 Mathias Rust, 19, W. German pilot, makes unauthorized landing in U.S.S.R.
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 Voyager 2 makes 1st fly-by of Uranus (81,593 km), finds new moons
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
1985 Bruce Morris, Marshall University, makes a 92' 5" basketball shot
1984 New Jersey Devils 1st shutout, Glenn Resch makes 42 saves beat Minn, 2-0
1984 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
1984 Esther Phillips, U.S. singer (What a Difference a Day Makes), dies at 48
1984 Bruce McCandless, U.S., makes 1st untethered space walk
1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI
1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
1982 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel
1982 Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight
1982 Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze
1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
1979 Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings
1979 Ian Botham makes 1000 runs/100 wkts in Tests in his 21st match
1979 Pat Underwood makes his pitching debut for Detroit beats brother Tom
1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks
1979 High-school player Daryl Moreau makes 126th consecutive free throws
1978 Graig Nettles at 3rd makes many spectactular plays in WS game 3 as Guidry beats Dodgers, after trailing 2 games to 0 Yanks win next 4
1978 Former President Nixon makes 1st public speech since resigning in 1974
1978 Phillie Phanatic makes 1st appearance
1978 Fred Newman makes 88 consecutive basketball free throws blindfolded
1977 Space shuttle Enterprise makes 1st atmospheric flight
1977 Brandy Gold, born in Northridge, California, actress, Annie-Baby Makes 5
1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint
1977 Shuttle Enterprise makes 1st Test flight atop a 747 jetliner
1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents
1975 U.S.S.R.'s Venera 10 makes day-side Venus landing
1975 Fred Newman makes 12,874 baskets in a one-day exhibition
1975 Andre Gower, actor, Baby Makes 5, Fathers and Sons, Mr. President
1975 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 3rd and final fly-by of Mercury
1974 Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
1974 Oakland A's beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series makes A's only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
1974 U.S. Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1974 A's pitcher Paul Lindblad makes an errant throw in 1st inning of 6-3 loss to Balt ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games
1974 Greg Chappell makes 247* vs. NZ, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1973 Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
1973 NCAA makes urine testing mandatory for participants
1972 Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
1972 John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
1971 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs. WI after 124 in 1st
1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1970 Venera 7 launched, makes 1st softlanding on Venus
1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3 " from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1969 T Agee and Ed Kranepool HR, Agee makes 2 great catches, Mets win 5-0
1969 Bob Dylan makes surprise appearance at Hibbing HS Minnesota 10th reunion
1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
1969 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight
1968 Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years
1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs Cleve
1968 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances
1967 U.S. launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
1967 Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
1967 U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10
1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup
1966 Bob Cowper makes 307 vs. England at the MCG, 727 mins, 20 fours
1965 Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
1965 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
1965 "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St. Theater New York City after 540 performances
1965 Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man NZ vs. Pakistan
1965 U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 mins)
1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
1964 "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater New York City for 540 performances
1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
1962 Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW 17 years 8 days
1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st U.S. fly-by of another planet (Venus)
1962 Bekkers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands for birth control
1961 1st Saturn launch vehicle makes an unmanned flight test
1961 American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight
1961 British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive
1960 Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
1960 John F. Kennedy makes missile gap the presidential campaign issue
1959 Cleveland Browns' Jim Brown makes club record 37 rushing attempts
1959 X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m
1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
1957 Jerry Lee Lewis makes his 1st TV appearance, Steve Allen Show
1957 Elvis Presley makes his 7th and final appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California
1956 Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack makes plans for a new 110,000-seat stadium to entice Giants to stay in NY
1955 Steve McQueen makes his network TV debut (Goodyear Playhouse)
1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie
1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for NSW 16 years 357 days
1952 Stan Musial makes his only major league pitching appearance
1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech
1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players
1950 Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
1949 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
1947 XB-45, 1st U.S. 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California
1946 Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight
1946 Cubs Claude Passeau makes his 1st error since September 21, 1941, ending pitcher's fielding record of 273 consecutive errorless chances
1945 Patton's 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge's 1st Army
1944 Messerschmitt Me 262 Sturmvogel, 1st jet bomber, makes 1st flight
1943 Barbara Acklin, [Allen], Chicago, R&B singer, Love Makes a Woman
1942 Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, 1st U.S. jet, makes maiden flight
1942 Cubs shortstop Leonard Merullo makes 4 errors in 1 inning
1942 Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
1942 Helicopter makes its 1st cross-country flight
1941 Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run
1941 Cards' Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4
1941 Vichy-France makes religious education in school mandatory
1941 1st highway post office makes 1st trip, Wash, DC-Harrisonburg, VA
1940 Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the U.S.
1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
1939 Heinkel He-178 makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion
1939 Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech
1938 Graf Zeppelin II, world's largest airship, makes maiden flight
1938 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch vs. Australia at Trent Bridge
1938 New York makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment
1936 Indians' Bob Feller makes his major league debut in relief
1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
1936 Spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1934 Congress approves "Lindbergh Act," makes kidnapping a capital offense
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1932 Philips makes 1 millionth radio
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt makes 1st presidential nominating conventional acceptance speech
1932 Bradman makes 299* vs South Africa, runs out partner going for 300th
1931 Congress makes "Star-Spangled Banner" our 2nd national anthem
1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1929 Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight
1929 Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theater"
1928 Louis Armstrong makes 78 recording of "West End blues"
1928 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st helicopter flight over English Channel
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1927 Tiger 1st baseman Johnny Neun makes an unassisted triple play
1926 Satchel Paige makes pitching debut in Negro Southern League
1925 NY's Jake Forbes makes 67 saves, Pitt's Ray Waters makes 70
1925 Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes 1st flight (1st with enclosed cabin)
1925 Pirate shortstop Glenn Wright makes an unassisted triple play
1925 Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution
1925 U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult
1924 Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer, What a Difference a Day Makes
1924 President Calvin Coolidge makes 1st presidential radio speech
1923 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform
1923 Juan de la Cierva makes 1st autogiro (helicopter) flight, Spain
1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
1921 1st U.S. helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia
1920 Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, vs. Eng at MCG
1920 Indian Bill Wambsganns makes 1st unassisted World Series triple play
1920 U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1920 Balfour Declaration recognized, makes Palestine a British Mandate
1919 Leslie Irvin of U.S. makes 1st parachute jump and free fall
1915 An LZ-38 Zeppelin makes an air raid on London
1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox
1913 Frenchman Pegoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe
1912 Red Sox Tris Speaker's makes only world series unassisted double play, from the outfield
1912 Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane
1912 J. Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 kph
1910 Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
1910 Pilot Charles Hamilton makes 1st 1-day round-trip from New York to Philadelphia
1909 France's Louis Bleriot, makes 1st airplane flight across Engl Channel
1909 Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast
1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va
1908 H Kamerlingh Onnes makes helium liquid (-269 degrees C)
1908 Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts
1908 New York City regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
1908 Jack Hobbs makes his Test debut at the MCG (83 and 28)
1906 Dutch law makes driver's license mandatory
1905 Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning
1905 Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut
1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1903 George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US
1902 Nathan Stubblefield makes 1st public demonstration of radio, Penn
1895 Josephine Blatt (U.S.) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
1895 Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days
1888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour
1884 John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California
1878 Edison makes electricity available for household usage
1875 Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick kids, makes trial trip, New York City
1875 Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission
1869 Hiram R. Revels makes 1st official speech by a black in the Senate
1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
1854 Pope Pius IX proclaims Immaculate Conception, makes Mary, free of Original Sin
1852 Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st dirigible flight
1852 Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day
1833 John Deere makes 1st steel plow
1831 1st practical U.S. coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Pennsylvania
1831 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run
1829 President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses
1819 William Herschel makes last telescopic observation of 1819 comet
1812 Lord Byron makes his maiden speech in House of Lords
1798 U.S. law makes aliens "liable to be apprehended, restrained, ... and removed as alien enemies"
1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin makes 1st parachute jump from balloon (Paris)
1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America
1783 Jean Pilatre de Rozier makes captive-balloon ascent
1660 Denmark king Frederik III makes coup
1641 Emperor Ferdinand III makes appointments with Sweden and France
1555 Emperor Charles V makes Erard of Pallandt earl of Culemborg
1518 English cardinal Thomas Wolsey makes European plan
1514 Copernicus makes his 1st observations of Saturn
1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect
1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1307 German king Albrecht I makes his son Rudolf king of Bohemia
754 Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France
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