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Events

• Queen’s University held its first classes, Kingston, Ontario – 1842
• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone – 1876
• Toronto Stock Exchange incorporated – 1878
• Dr. John Kellogg served the world’s first cornflakes to his patients at the Battle Creek (MI) Sanitarium – 1897
• First coin-operated locker patented – 1911
• The world’s first jazz recording was released by the RCA Victor Company – 1917
• President Woodrow Wilson authorized the Distinguished Service Medal to be given for outstanding service in the U.S. Army – 1918
• U.S. troops captured the key Remagen Bridge across the Rhine (WW II) – 1945
• Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to log more than one million miles in jet airplanes – 1959
• The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” was released in Britain. It was the first selection from the rock opera “Tommy” to be publicly aired – 1969
• Comet Kohoutek was discovered by Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek – 1973
• Phil Mahre won alpine skiing’s World Cup championship. He was the third person to ever win three consecutive titles – 1983
• Major U.S. recording artists combined their talents and released We Are the World. Proceeds from recording sales were to be donated to African famine relief – 1985
• The Violent Femmes (an alternative rock band) played at Carnegie Hall – 1986
• At the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for Best Director for Hurt Locker. It was the first time a woman won the award. – 2010
• Barefoot water skier, Fernando Reina Iglesias, set a new record. Towed by a helicopter off the coast of Mexico, he reached a speed of 153 mph. – 2011