1892
William “Pudge” Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
He earned $500
1954
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, closed
The nation’s busiest immigrant inspection station processed more than 20 million immigrants since 1892
My great grandfather was one of those gentleman. In 1895, Daniel Gleason, Sr., from County Cork, Ireland and he passed through Ellis Island!
1955
Billboard magazine’s annual disc jockey poll voted Elvis Presley as the most promising country and western artist
In the end, he was just too Rock N Roll to stay Country & Western
1990
Garth Brooks was at #1 on the US Country album charts with his second studio album No Fences
It sold 17 million copies
No Fences includes:
The Thunder Rolls
Friends in Low Places
Unanswered Prayers
and
Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House
and then lastly…
2013
In New York, it was announced that the new World Trade Center was the tallest building in the United States
The height was measured at 1,776 feet
The building was also the fourth tallest building in the world at the time
-Tyler Jackson
