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1998 Supreme Court rules attorney-client privilege extends beyond the grave, exempting Vince Foster's conversations with his lawyers from being used as evidence by Kenneth Starr
1996 Veronica Guerin, born in Ireland, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau, received death threats, murdered, by drug dealers, dies at 36 1995 Chopper 4 1st used on WNBC TV (New York City) news 1993 Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide 1990 Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1988 At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1986 Peter Uberroth suspended 7 baseball players for 1 year, after they admitted in Curtis Strong's trial in September, they used drugs 1984 Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials 1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs 1970 New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used 1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A and M 1965 U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1962 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz 1961 Junior, Norman Giscombe, R&B singer, Mama used to Say 1960 Lionel Bart's musical "Fings ain't wot they used t'be," premieres 1959 Veronica Guerin,, nicknamed 'Ronnie', journalist, crime reporter, used pseudonyms, street names, exposing underworld figures in the Sunday Independent newspaper, helped found Criminal Assets Bureau 1957 World's biggest glass oven used 1956 Transatlantic telephone cable (Newfoundland-Oban) is used 1955 Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania) 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics 1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used, Quincy Massachusetts 1953 Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used 1948 Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1945 New balata ball used in baseball, 50% livilier 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, used to hoax Nazi Germany's final transmission 1945 Clandestine Radio 1212, after broadcasting pro-nazi propoganda for months used their influence to trap 350,000 German army group B troops 1944 1st British jet fighter used in combat, Gloster Meteor 1944 1st jet fighter used in combat, Messerschmitt 262 1943 Jerry Hunt, born Waco, Texas, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques 1940 Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook' 1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign 1935 Lie detector 1st used in court, Portage, Wisconsin 1933 Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1933 1st voice amplification system to be used in U.S. Senate 1929 Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1927 Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1925 Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York 1922 Carl Amery, born in Munich, Germany, writer, used pen name Christian Anton Mayer, studied at University of Munich, participant in Gruppe 47, a post-World War II literary association 1922 Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada) 1920 Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation 1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California 1916 1st tank used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France 1914 U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail 1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools 1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1908 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh) 1905 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used 1905 Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1904 Mounted police 1st used in New York City 1900 The term "orienteering" is 1st used for an event 1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle 1897 Yerkes Observatory 40" (1m) refractor used for 1st time 1888 Crouching start 1st used by Charles Sherrill of Yale 1879 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London and Cyprus 1879 1st electric arc light used in the California Theater 1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground 1877 1st time federal troops are used to combat strikers 1877 Catcher's mask 1st used in a baseball game 1870 Postcards 1st used in U.S. 1870 Donkey 1st used as symbol of Democratic Party, in Harper's Weekly 1867 1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York 1867 90 kegs of powder used to get rock from Telegraph Hill for seawall 1862 Beardslee field telegraph used for 1st time 1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1856 Violence in Senate, South Carolina Representative Brooks used a cane on Massachusetts Senator Sumner 1855 New York City regains Castle Clinton, to be used for immigration 1854 1st street-cleaning machine in U.S. 1st used in Philadelphia 1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos) 1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1845 Ether 1st used in childbirth in U.S., Jefferson, Ga 1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long 1841 Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn 1835 New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint 1825 Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches, dies at 81 1819 William Thomas Green Morton, dentist, used ether, HOF 1920 1815 Matthias Claudius, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert, dies at 74 1813 "Uncle Sam" was 1st used to refer to U.S. (Troy Post of New York) 1811 James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician, used chloroform 1792 Guillotine 1st used, executes highwayman Nicolas J Pelletier 1782 Great Seal of U.S. used for 1st time 1778 Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children 1744 Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches 1740 Matthias Claudius, born in Reinfeld, Germany, pseudonym, Asmus, writer, poet, poem, Death and the Maiden, used by Franz Schubert 1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi) 1507 Geographer Martin Waldseemuller 1st used name America 1492 Lead pencils 1st used 1346 Battle at Crecy-England's longbows defeat France, cannons used for 1st time in battle |
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