TODAY IN HISTORY historyorb 1776 - Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies) 1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state 1858 - Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1908 - Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hr airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 1942 - 1st bombing on continental US soil, Mount Emily Oregon (WW II) 1945 - 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay & taped into the log 1954 - Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season 1956 - Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1st time 1957 - Pres Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction 1963 - Alabama Gov George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools 1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. 1982 - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight 1985 - President Reagan orders sanctions against South Africa 1987 - Larry Bird (Celtics), begins NBA free throw streak of 59 1991 - Only 1,695 fans watch Boston Red Sox play Cleveland 2002 - Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record
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