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1885 - L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 -The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1892 - At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
1958 - Elvis Presley receives his draft notice.
1961 - John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as 35th President of the United States.
1964 - Meet the Beatles, the first Beatles album in the United States, is released.
1985 - Super Bowl XIX: The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins, 38-16.