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