- 1839 First tea from leaves of indigenous plants of Assam, India, arrives in the United Kingdom [date approximate] [1]
- 1863 1st underground railway opens in London
- 1911 First photo in the US taken from an airplane, San Diego
- 1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce
- 1927 Fritz Lang's silent film "Metropolis" premieres in Berlin
- 1951 First jet passenger trip is made
Heartbreak Hotel
1956 Elvis Presley records single "Heartbreak Hotel", written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, at RCA Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
- 1973 First biennial exhibition of American contemporary art in its current format opens at the Whitney Museum, now one of the world's leading art shows [1]
- 1978 Soyuz 27 launches, carrying 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
- 1984 Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the beef?" in a commercial for Wendy's hamburger chain
The Late Late Show
1995 "The Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12:30 AM; hosts the program until 1999
Gandalf Returns
2011 Ian McKellen officially confirms that he will reprise the role of Gandalf in "The Hobbit" film adaptations
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