Lafayette National Park, the first national park east of the Mississippi, was designated Feb. 26, 1919. What is that park known as today? Other notable events from this date in history: 1606 First known European landing in Australia by Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon at the Pennefather River, Cape York, northern Australia 1616 The Roman Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo demanding he abandon his belief in heliocentrism, which states the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun 1773 State of Pennsylvania approves construction of Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia; it will become the first experiment with the practice of solitary confinement in the United States 1846 William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Wild West hunter and showman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West), born in Davenport Iowa (d. 1917) 1852 John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon and nutritionist, inspired flaked cereal industry, born in Tyrone, Michigan (d. 1943) 1881 P&O's SS Ceylon begins the world's first round-the-world pleasure cruise from Liverpool 1907 Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1908 Tex Avery, American cartoonist at Warner Bros, MGM (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig), born in Taylor, Texas (d. 1980) 1917 First jazz records are recorded: "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" and "Livery Stable Blues" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band for the Victor Talking Machine Company in NYC 1932 Johnny Cash born in Kingsland, Ark. 1933 Golden Gate Bridge groundbreaking ceremony held at Crissy Field 1935 NY Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1935 RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) is first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt and Arnold Wilkins in Daventry, England 1936 Adolf Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen" 1944 1st female US navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed 1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith 1973 Triple Crown horse Secretariat bought for a record $5.7m 1977 1st flight of Space Shuttle (atop a Boeing 747) 1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks 1989 NFL Dallas Cowboys fire coach Tom Landry after a 29-year career 1993 World Trade Center bombing