1882-First district lit by electricty (N.Y.'s Pearl Street Station)
1885-First cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886-Geronimo is captured, ending last major U.S.-Indian war
1888-George Eastman patents first roll-film camera and registers "Kodak"
1933-First airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1937-Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)
1948-Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands abdicates
1951-NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
1957-Ford Motor introduces the Edsel
1961-U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development
1964-NASA launches its first Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1967-6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1972-U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
1988-Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, N.Y.