time machine

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1644 Perplexed Pilgrims in Boston reported America's 1st UFO sighting

1778 English navigator Captain James Cook became the first European to reach the Hawaiian Islands, which he dubbed the Sandwich Islands.


1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first
 
1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS)
 
1964 Beatles 1st appear on Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)

1967 Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Mass., of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses.

1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball

1990 Washington, D.C., Mayor Marion Barry was arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.