Historical Events for 10th September 2018

1894 – London taxi driver George Smith is the first to be fined for drunk driving
1919 – China becomes a member of the League of Nations
1922 – Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive HRs
1932 – Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC
1953 – Swanson sells its 1st “TV dinner”
1956 – WSYE (now WETM) TV channel 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
1965 – Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 – American long distance runner Frank Shorter scores a famous win in the men’s marathon in 2:12:19.8 at the Munich Olympics
1973 – NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
1978 – 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit ’em 67-21; score 42-9

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