Economist and political philosopher, Alexander Hamilton was the  
first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States from 1789 to
1795. He was also one of America’s first constitutional lawyers. 

This Johnny Cash album became the first to top Billboard’s
new Country LP Chart.

 
Aviation pioneer and author Amelia Earhart made a flight from
Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California, becoming the first
woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. The plane she
flew on that trip, a Lockheed Vega, is on display at the
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. 

 
Amelia Earhart posing by her plane at the Oakland airport

 
The Lockheed Vega 5B at the National Air and Space Museum

LOUIE, LOUIE by The Kingsmen went to the top spot on The
Cash Box music chart and sold over one million copies.

 
Australian-born radio, film, and TV actor Rod Taylor,right, made his
film debut in the Australian production of KING OF THE CORAL SEA
IN 1953.

 
                 Rod Taylor in The Time Machine, 1960

  
       Rod starred in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, 1963.