ON THIS DATE... 1609: Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen. 1857: The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the San Francisco Gold Rush. 1866: The first burlesque show opened in New York City. The show was a four-act performance called The Black Crook. It ran for 475 performances and made about $1.3 million for its producer 1873: The first practical typewriter was sold to customers 1928: actress Katherine Hepburn made her New York stage debut in Night Hostess. 1940: the 17-thousand-year-old Lascaux cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers in France. The paintings are among the finest examples of art from the Paleolithic period. 1948: the Presley family moved from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee. The future King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley was 13-years-old at the time. 1953: Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island. 1954: Lassie debuted on CBS. The show stayed on the air for 17 years 1959: Bonanza, debuted on NBC (See intro and trivia below). 1963: Leave It To Beaver aired for the final time on ABC. 1966: The Beatles received a gold record this day for Yellow Submarine. 1966: The Monkees debuted on NBC. The show went on to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series of 1967. 1980: the Chevrolet Chevette, the Ford Escort, and the Mercury Lynx became the first U.S. manufactured cars to record 30 miles-per-gallon of gas. 1983: actor Arnold Schwarzenegger became a U.S. citizen. 1992: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African-American woman in space when she served as a payload specialist aboard space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle also carried the first married couple into space. 1994: a stolen Cessna airplane crashed on the South Lawn of the White House, killing the pilot. 2000: Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first First Lady to win an election as she claimed victory in the New York Democratic Senate primary. 2003: the Man In Black, country music legend Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes. He was 71. Cashs death came just four months after the death of his wife June Carter Cash. Recording more than 15 hundred songs in his lifetime, Cashs career spanned five decades and garnered almost every honor imaginable, including nine Grammy Awards and inductions into both the Country and Rock n roll Hall of Fame. He is considered one of the most influential performers in the history of American music.
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