1859 – Final installment of A Tale of Two Cities is published
1867 – First stock ticker debuts
1956 – Elvis makes movie debut in Love Me Tender
1965 – Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record
1904 – Patent #775,134 was granted to King C. Gillette for a safety razor
1907 – Oklahoma enters the Union
1957 – Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak
1959 – The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway
1977 – Stephen Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” was copyright registered
2001 – First Harry Potter film opens
1928 – Mickey Mouse makes his film debut in Steamboat Willie
1978 – Mass suicide at Jonestown
1998 – Alice McDermott wins the National Book Award
1952 – ELMER’S glue was trademark registered
