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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. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia 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 Yankees' 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 Australia, 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 Federal government makes a $1.5 billion loan to Chrysler 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 Yankees 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 Yankees 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 Baltimore ends his record streak of 385 consecutive errorless games 1974 Greg Chappell makes 247* vs. New Zealand, 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 World's largest airplane, Boeing 747, makes 1st commercial flight 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 home run, 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 1968 Washington Senator Ron Hansen makes 1st unassisted triple-play in 41 years 1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs. Cleveland 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 minutes, 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 New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes) 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 Lieutenant-general 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 Admiral 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 autogiro 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 1925 New York'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 1923 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 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 India, vs. England 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 Captain 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 English 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-hour 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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