1994 94th U.S. Golf Open: Ernie Els shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont Pa
1986 It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pa
1983 83rd U.S. Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont CC PA
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa
1981 81st U.S. Golf Open: David Graham shoots 273 at Merion GC in Ardmore Pa
1978 60th PGA Championship: John Mahaffey shoots a 276 at Oakmont CC PA
1975 21st Ryder Cup: U.S., 21-11 at Laurel Valley GC Pa
1975 Marjorie Main, actress (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 85
1973 73rd U.S. Golf Open: Johnny Miller shoots a 279 at Oakmont CC PA
1972 Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70
1971 71st U.S. Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion GC in Ardmore PA
1970 Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
1967 Harry Antrim, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
1965 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley GC PA
1964 Percy Kilbride, actor (Ma and Pa Kettle), dies at 76
1964 Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio, Texas, tennis star
1962 44th PGA Championship: Gary Player shoots a 278 at Aronimink GC PA
1962 62nd U.S. Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC PA
1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75
1958 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA
1957 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster Pa
1953 53rd U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont CC in Oakmont PA
1951 33rd PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
1950 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
1943 "Congressional Limited" train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79
1940 1st U.S. air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
1940 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa
1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
1938 21st PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Shawnee CC Shawnee-on-Del Pa
1937 20th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pittsburgh FC Aspinwall PA
1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa
1935 39th U.S. Golf Open: Sam Parks, Jr. shoots a 299 at Oakmont CC PA
1934 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1927 31st U.S. Golf Open: Tommy Armour shoots a 301 at Oakmont CC in Pa
1926 Nydia M E Ecury, Arubian poet/actress, Kantika pa Mama Tera
1922 5th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Oakmont CC Oakmont Pa
1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
1910 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA
1909 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa
1908 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
1907 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
1907 Gas explosion at Jacobs Creek Pa, coal mine kills 239
1907 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA
1906 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author, Ballade pa Nytorv
1901 Irja A Browallius, Swedish author, Syndon pa Skruke
1898 Bobby Gilbert, PA
1895 Edna Park Edwards, PA
1892 1st night football game played (Mansfield Pa)
1888 Teatotalers excursion train crushed, killing 64 (Mud Run Pa)
1888 Percy Kilbride, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Egg and I, Ma and Pa Kettle
1882 Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1865 Jan "Pa" van der Steur, Dutch philanthropist, Steurtjes
1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa
1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
1832 Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist, Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903
1808 Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa
1791 1st Jewish member of U.S. Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
1778 British forces massacre 360 men, women and children in Wyoming, Pa
1777 George Washingtons army returns to Valley Forge Pa
1777 Gen George Washington's troops attacked British at Germantown Pa
1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
1767 Boundary between MD and PA, Mason Dixon line, agreed upon
1644 William Penn, English Quaker and founder of PA
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