1628 – England’s King Charles I grants a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1681 – English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania.
1789 – 1st US Congress meets and declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 reps)
1901 – Thomas Jefferson is the first US President inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
1837 – Chicago becomes incorporated as a city.
1881 – California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation.
1913 – 1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed.
1924 – “Happy Birthday To You” published by Claydon Sunny.
1933 – Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as 32nd US President, pledges to pull US out of the Depression, “We have nothing to fear but fear itself”
1944 – 1st US bombing of Berlin.
1955 – 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.
1957 – The S&P stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
1964 – Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering.
1966 – John Lennon says “We (the Beatles) are more popular than Jesus”
1970 – Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to average 100+ points per game.
1983 – US Public Health Service’s publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS.
1993 – 1st ESPY Awards: Michael Jordan, Monica Seles win.
1997 – US President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.
2012 – Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential election amid allegations of voter fraud.
2016 – Ben Carson announces he is dropping out of the Republican presidential nomination race.
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