1653 – New Amsterdam becomes a city (later renamed New York)
1802 – 1st leopard exhibited in US, Boston (admission 25 cents)
1848 – 1st ship load of Chinese immigrants arrive in San Francisco.
1869 – James Oliver invents removable tempered steel plow blade.
1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
1901 – Female Army Nurse Corps established as a permanent organization.
1913 – NY football Giants sign Jim Thorpe.
1923 – Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio.
1932 – Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) organized in the US to provide financial support to state and local governments and to make loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations and other businesses.
1942 – US auto factories switch from commercial to war production.
1948 – President Harry Truman urges congress to adopt a civil rights program.
1954 – President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
1954 – “The Nutcracker” ballet choreographed by George Balanchine with Maria Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy opens in New York, establishes its popularity in the US.
1964 – GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy’s toy.
1972 – Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs & William Harridge selected for baseball Hall of Fame.
1976 – “Honeymooners Second Honeymoon” airs on TV.
1977 – Radio Shack officially begins creating the TRS-80 computer.
1991 – US postage is raised from 25 cents to 29 cents.
1995 – US space shuttle Discovery launched.
2016 – First case of Zika contacted on US mainland (Texas) and second known sexually transmitted case confirmed in Texas.
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