On this day in history of Age of Conan
DateTime:7/21/2009 11:56:42 AM

• 1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.
  
• 1660 - 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam).
  
• 1763 - Charles Mason & Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania & Maryland.
  
• 1827 - Creek-indians lose all their property in US.
  
• 1948 - William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada.
  
• 1969 - 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland).
  
• 1969 - Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar & indicent language in Tampa, FL.
  
• 1969 - Wendy's Hamburgers opens.
  
• 1971 - Intel advertises 4004-processor.
  
• 1982 - Atari signs an agreement with Nintendo for the world-wide license of Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior video games for Atari home computers.
  
• 1995 - Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir.
  
• 1999 - Unreal Tournament goes gold.
  
• 2001 - At 12:01 AM in New York’s Time Square, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates signs and sells the first Xbox, to Edward Glucksman.