1834 – Sandpaper is patented by Isaac Fischer Jr. in Springfield, Vermont
1876 – California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1907 – Norway adopts female suffrage for middle class women only in parliamentary elections
1922 – US President Warren G. Harding is 1st US President to use radio, dedicates the Francis Scott Key memorial in Baltimore
1933 – MLB’s Lou Gehrig and Joe McCarthy thrown out of game, McCarthy suspended 3 games but Gehrig isn’t, so he continues his streak at 1,249 games
1942 – Anne Frank begins writing her diary, in Dutch, two days after her 13th birthday
1962 – Albert DeSalvo, better known as the Boston Strangler, murders Anna Slesers, his first victim
1966 – Dutch police beat construction workers, 60 injured
1995 – Giants infielder Mike Benjamin goes 6-for-7 in 13-inning 4-3 win