- 1833] Boys and girls together: Oberlin College (OH) opens as the first co-educational school of higher education in the U.S...
- 1931] Debuted on this date: Plop-plop, fizz-fizz: Alka Seltzer makes its debut. Enter 'Speedy'...1950] Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast...
- 1949] Lucky and good: Notre Dame stretches its unbeaten streak to 4 seasons and 38 games by beating the Kyle Rote SMU Mustangs 27-20. The Irish win their 7th national title...
- 1961] How do you do: The Beatles meet Brian Epstein for the first time in his record shop in Liverpool...
- 1967] Have a heart: Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first human heart transplant. Patient Louis Washkansky lives for 18 days with his new heart...
- 1967] Curtains: The famed 20th Century Limited luxury train, completes its final run from New York City to Chicago...
- 1968] How low can you go?: The major league pitching mound is lowered from 15 inches to 10 to get more offense in the game. It works...
- 1979] Concert catastrophe: 11 fans are crushed to death at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum before a concert by The Who. Laws will change to prevent "first-come, first-served" seating in the future...
- 1994] "Happy Trails": AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser, dies at 47 after she and her two children were infected after a blood transfusion. Daughter Ariel will also succumb to the disease but son Jake survives...
- 2002] You can run but you can't hide: Thousands of files show that the Archdiocese of Boston protected clergy after sex and drug charges are released...
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