The first episode of the British BBC TV serial Dr Who was broadcast, with William Hartnell as Dr Who and Anna Ford as his female companion 

Post Hospital at Presidio, SF renamed Letterman General Hospital 

7.17 (18.2 cm) of rainfall, Rattlesnake Creek, Idaho (state rec) 

Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 

Joseph Smith, leader of the Mormon Church, convicted of polygamy 

Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti 

3rd Olympic games close in St Louis 

The first juke box was installed in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco