Daily Calendar for Thursday, March 7, 2013

Events

• Queen’s University held its first classes, Kingston, Ontario– 1842
• Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone– 1876
• Toronto Stock Exchange incorporated– 1878
• Dr. John Kellogg served the world’s first cornflakes to his patients at the Battle Creek (MI) Sanitarium– 1897
• First coin-operated locker patented– 1911
• The world’s first jazz recording was released by the RCA Victor Company– 1917
• President Woodrow Wilson authorized the Distinguished Service Medal to be given for outstanding service in the U.S. Army– 1918
• U.S. troops captured the key Remagen Bridge across the Rhine (WW II)– 1945
• Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to log more than one million miles in jet airplanes– 1959
• The Who’s “Pinball Wizard” was released in Britain. It was the first selection from the rock opera “Tommy” to be publicly aired– 1969
• Comet Kohoutek was discovered by Czech astronomer Lubos Kohoutek– 1973
• Phil Mahre won alpine skiing’s World Cup championship. He was the third person to ever win three consecutive titles– 1983
• Major U.S. recording artists combined their talents and released We Are the World. Proceeds from recording sales were to be donated to African famine relief– 1985
• The Violent Femmes (an alternative rock band) played at Carnegie Hall– 1986
• At the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for Best Director for Hurt Locker. It was the first time a woman won the award.– 2010
• Barefoot water skier, Fernando Reina Iglesias, set a new record. Towed by a helicopter off the coast of Mexico, he reached a speed of 153 mph.– 2011