1825, After no presidential candidate won the necessary majority, the House Of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams the sixth president of the United States. 1867, Nebraska became the 37th state. 1895, The first college basketball game was played. The Minnesota State School Of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9 to 3. 1914, Striptease legend Gypsy Rose Lee is born. She dies in 1970. 1932, America entered the two-man bobsled competition for the first time at the Lake Placid Olympics. 1940, The Walt Disney animated movie Pinocchio opens. 1964, The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. They performed "All My Loving," "Till There Was You," "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There," and "I Want To Hold Your Hand." They were paid $2,400 to perform, and 50,000 requests were received for the studio's 728 seats. 1969, The Boeing 747 flew its first flight. The milestone ushered in the age of the "jumbo jet." 1971, The Apollo 14 spacecraft returned to Earth after man's third trip to the moon. 1972,Paul McCartney and his new group Wings begin an unadvertised tour of small British clubs and university campuses. The shows are his first live appearances since the breakup of the Beatles. 1974,Dorothy Hamill won the U.S. female figure skating championship. 1981, Singer and bandleader Bill Haley ("Rock Around The Clock") dies at age 55. 1982,George Harrison gives UNICEF a check for nearly $9 million as settlement for the Bangladesh benefit concert held in 1971. It took more than 10 years to cut through the red tape surrounding the proceeds of the show. 1985, "The Boys Of Summer" by Don Henley peaks at Number Five on the pop chart. 1991, Reverend Jean-Bertrand Aristide was sworn in as Haiti's first democratically elected president. 1997,The Simpsons became the longest-running primetime animated series, breaking the previous record set by The Flintstones. 1997,Sweet singer Brian Connolly dies at age 47. 1999, Reverend Jerry Falwell launched a campaign against the Teletubbies character Tinky Winky, claiming that the purple, purse-carrying creature was secretly a gay role model for children.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS:
Joe Pesci (actor, Goodfellas, Raging Bull, My Cousin Vinny) (67)
Mia Farrow (actress, Peyton Place, Rosemary's Baby, Hannah And Her Sisters, ex-Mrs. Frank Sinatra, ex-girlfriend of Woody Allen) (65)
Carole King (singer-songwriter, "So Far Away," "I Feel The Earth Move") (68)
Alice Walker (author, The Color Purple) (66)
Mookie Wilson (baseball player, New York Mets' all-time stolen bases leader with 281) (54)
Travis Tritt (country music star) (47)
David Gallagher (actor, Seventh Heaven) (25)
Camille Winbush (actress, The Bernie Mac Show) (20)
Roger Mudd (CBS, NBC News correspondent, History Channel host, PBS) (82)
Julie Warner (actress, Doc Hollywood, Mr. Saturday Night, Tommy Boy, Nip/Tuck) (45)
Jim J. Bullock (actor, Too Close For Comfort, Spaceballs, Kissing Jessica Stein) (55)
Barry Mann (singer, "Who Put The Bomp") (70)
Barbara Lewis (singer, "Hello Stranger") (66)
Major Harris (singer, "Love Won't Let Me Wait") (63)
Charlie Day (actor/writer, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia ) (34)
