Sep 02 The birth of Russ Conway, Popular pianist of the 50's

Jun 25 The birth of June Lockhart, American actress of TV and film

Jun 06 The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.

Jun 06 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp

Jun 03 The birth of Tony Curtis, American film actor

Jun 15 B Jekhovsky discovers asteroid #1093 Freda

Jun 22 G Shajn discovers asteroid #1058 Grubba

Jun 23 Landslides create 3-mile long "Slide Lake" (Gros Ventre Wyoming)

Jun 26 In Toronto Ontario, Edward S. Ted Rogers Sr. invents the alternating-current tube which allows plug-in batteryless radios

Jun 03 Goodyear airship "Pilgrim" makes first flight (It is the first airship with enclosed cabin)

Dec 13 The birth of Dick Van Dyke, American actor and comedian, of stage and screen

Dec 08 The birth of Sammy Davis Jr., American actor

Dec 08 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer was born on this day

Dec 08 Sammy Davis, Jr. entertainer: was born on this day

Dec 05 Canadian comedian David Broadfoot, a star of the Royal Canadian Air FArce is born

Dec 12 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo

Dec 12 last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rexa Shah Pahlavi takes over

Dec 26 Turkey adopts Gregorian calendar

Dec 17 Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell court-martial for insubordination

Dec 15 First road with a depressed trough (Texas) opened to traffic

Aug 04 US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation

Aug 20 Major Georges-P Vanier appointed CO of the 22e Régiment at Quebec.

Oct 19 A US-Franco expedition to Algeria finds ancient sea shells, proving the Sahara was once partially submerged

Oct 13 The birth of Margaret Thatcher, Now 'Baroness' Thatcher; former British Prime Minister

Oct 18 The birth of Melina Mercouri, Actress who became Greek Minister of Culture

Oct 23 The birth of Johnny Carson, Popular American talk show host

Oct 16 Germany Weimar Republic signs Lucarno agreement guaranteeing as equal partner with Western European states the frontiers of Western Europe and that no country will attack or invade the other.

Oct 27 Water skis patented by Fred Waller

Oct 16 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution

Oct 03 The birth of Gore Vidal, American author

Jul 04 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses

Jul 19 V Albitzkij discovers asteroid #1059 Mussorgskia

Jul 31 Unemployment Insurance Act passed in England

Jul 23 NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his first of 23 career grand slammers

Jul 20 The birth of Jaques Delors, French politician

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