This Day In History

• 1903 The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight. The FAA immediately fines them for flying without a license.
• 1944 The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast. The rise of Asian gangs soon follows.
• 1969 Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson. Viewers nationwide simultaneously spout "But he's gay !".
• 1986 Davina Thompson became the world's first recipient of a heart, lungs and liver transplant, dies twelve years later, takes organs with her.
• 2000 Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) caught an NFL-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears. The previous record was held by Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) with 18 catches on December 3, 1950, against the Green Bay Packers. Owens also broke Jerry Rice's franchise record of 16 receptions set in 1994 against the Los Angeles Rams. All of which would have been impressive if the Bears were a real football team at the time.