1883-"Ladies Home Journal" begins publication
1887-First newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
1946-First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport CT
1948-Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
1951-San Francisco City Hall dome fire
1959-Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1961-China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1963-Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1978-First Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1979-George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
1982-Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1988-First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1991-Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
1992-Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1994-6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1997-At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history
1887-First newspaper convention (Rochester NY)
1946-First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport CT
1948-Miranda, famous moon of Uranus, photographed for 1st time
1951-San Francisco City Hall dome fire
1959-Fidel Castro named himself Cuba's premier after overthrowing Batista
1961-China uses it's 1st nuclear reactor
1963-Beatles top British rock charts with "Please, Please Me"
1978-First Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward & Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1979-George Harrison releases "Blow Away"
1982-Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
1988-First documented combat action by US military advisors in El Salvador
1991-Dutch PPR, Political Party Radicals, disbands
1992-Los Angeles Lakers retire Magic Johnson's #32 uniform
1994-6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200
1997-At age 25, Jeff Gordon is youngest winner in Daytona 500 history