1643 – Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)
1850 - The first American ice-skating club was organized in Philadelphia, PA.
1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
1935 - Bob Hope was heard for the first time on network radio as part of "The Intimate Revue."
1936 - The first pop music chart based on national sales was published by "Billboard" magazine.
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1950 - RCA Victor announced that it would manufacture long-playing (LP) records.
1957 - Boxer Joe Louis appeared on "The Steve Allen Show" to introduce singer Solomon Burke.
1965 - The Fender Guitar Company was sold to CBS for $13 million.
1973 - The Allman Brothers name Lamar Williams as the replacement for the late Berry Oakley. The announcment was in Rolling Stone magazine.
1976 - Mal Evans was shot to death by police at his Los Angeles apartment. Evans alledgedly pointed a loaded rifle at officers causing them to fire upon him. Evans was a former roadie and bodyguard of the Beatles.
1981 - The Broadway show "Frankenstein" lost an estimated $2 million, when it opened and closed on the same night.
1982 - Bryant Gumbel moved from NBC Sports to the anchor desk where he joined Jane Pauley as co-host of the "Today" show on NBC.
2006 - Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman to hold the position.
