1772 – New Jersey passes bill requiring a license to practice medicine.
1789 – Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st US Secretary of State; John Jay becomes 1st US Chief Justice, and Edmund J Randolph becomes 1st US Attorney General.
1872 – The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) was established in New York City.
1895 – US stops minting $1 & $3 gold coin & 3 cent piece.
1914 – Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce.
1933 – Sidney Kingsley’s “Men in White” premieres in NYC.
1950 – UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul.
1953 – Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game.
1953 – US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)
1955 – NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929.
1960 – 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1960 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivers a 4 hour and 29 minute long speech at the United Nations.
1962 – LA Dodger Maury Wills becomes 1st to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)
1966 – “Staten Island” 1st icebreaker to enter San Francisco Bay.
1968 – St Louis Cards’ Bob Gibson’s 13th shutout ends with 1.12 ERA.
1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic (Washington, D.C. to Paris) in record-breaking time (3h33m).
1984 – President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa.
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), lands.
2016 – First US Presidential debate: Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton vs Republican Donald Trump at Hofstra University.
2017 – Saudi Arabia announces it is overturning its ban on women driving – last country in the world to do so.
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