1988 Event Tug hits oil barge, spreads 231,000 gal on 300 mi of WA and BC coast 1988 Event Jim Elliott (U.S.) completes 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Event Jim Elliott (U.S.) begins 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Event 32 divers finish cycling underwater on a standard tricycle,to complete 116.66 mi in 75 hours 20 minutes 1987 Event Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina 1983 Event George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere 1974 Event Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hours 1973 Event WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1972 Event WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast 1972 Event WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Event President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free 1971 Event William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre 1969 Event WJMN TV channel 3 in Escanaba, MI (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 1969 Event Stafford and Cernan pilot Apollo 10 LEM 9.4 mi(15km) above lunar surface 1969 Event Over 1000 mi flooded on Shantung Province China 1968 Event WXON TV channel 20 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting 1967 Event WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WZZM TV channel 13 in Grand Rapids, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1962 Event WWUP TV channel 10 in Sault Ste Marie, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1962 Event "Do Re Mi" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 400 performances 1960 Event "Do Re Mi" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 400 performances 1960 Event Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres in New York City 1960 Birthday Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI 1959 Event Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 1959 Event WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1956 Event WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event WTVS TV channel 56 in Detroit, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, NM 1954 Event WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1954 Event WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1950 Event WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast 1950 Event WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Event WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1946 Event 1st rocket attains 100 mi (167 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico 1946 Event Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed 1931 Event Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) 1930 Birthday Barbara Ruick, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Apache War Smoke, Tu Para Mi 1930 Event Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan 1927 Birthday Anthony Cavendish, British MI 6 agent/banker 1918 Birthday Jame McCallion, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Mi Taylor-National Velvet 1864 Event Battle of Newtonia, MI 1864 Event Union troops ambush and kill 'Bloody' Bill Anderson in Richmond MI 1861 Event Battle of Wilson's Creek, MI (Springfield) 1861 Event Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI 1858 Birthday Tomas Carrasquilla, Colombian author, Frutos de mi Tierra 1853 Event Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico
