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Events

• First inaugural ball in U.S.– 1789
• Haworth Parsonage was the recipient of the first copies of the Brontë sisters’ Poems– 1846
• American Medical Association founded– 1847
• The first Naval Academy Band arrived at the United States Naval Academy– 1853
• Wagon-mounted fire escape ladder patented– 1878
• The R.M.S. Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and sank with a loss of 1,198 lives, including 139 Americans, bringing the U.S. and Germany to the brink of war (WW I)– 1915
• First exhibit by “Group of Seven” artists– 1920
• The world’s first projection planetarium installed, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany– 1925
• 9.4-inch-long, 14-pound pearl reportedly collected on this day from giant clam at Palawan Island, Philippines– 1934
• Glenn Miller recorded “Chattanooga Choo Choo” – 1941
• President Ford declared an end to the Vietnam War– 1975
• Bigfoot reported seen in Hollis, NH– 1977
• Canadian-bred Sunny’s Halo won the Kentucky Derby– 1983
• 27th U.S. Amendment ratified– 1992
• Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns was named MVP for the 2005-06 basketball season. He became the 9th player in NBA history to receive the honor in back-to-back seasons– 2006
• 282 people carried water jugs on their heads (in Toronto), setting a world record– 2011