November 21

1783: The first successful flight was made in a hot air balloon. 1877: Thomas Edison announced the invention of his phonograph. 1922: Rebecca Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve as a member of the U.S. Senate. 1935: A Pan American Airways China Clipper made the first commercial aircraft crossing of the Pacific. 1938: WBOE in Cleveland, OH, became first school-operated radio station. 1938: Construction of the Washington National Airport (renamed Reagan National) began. 1942: The Alaska-Canadian Highway (Alcan Highway) across Canada was formally opened. 1969: The first ARPANET link was established between the University of California, Los Angeles and the Stanford Research Institute. 1985: Former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard was arrested and accused of spying for Israel. 1995: The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed above 5,000 for the first time. 2006: Google stocks hit the $500 mark.