1736 – Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse – 1st public hospital in the US.
1850 – US population hits 23,191,876 (Black population: 3,638,808 (15.7%)
1880 – First town to claim to be completely illuminated by electric lighting (Wabash, Indiana)
1889 – Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris. Built for the Exposition Universelle, at 300m high it retains the record for the tallest man made structure for 41 years.
1906 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is founded to set rules in amateur sports; becomes the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910.
1917 – US purchases Danish West Indies for $25M & renames them Virgin Islands.
1918 – 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect.
1925 – WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne, Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts)
1932 – Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine.
1943 – Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” premieres in NYC.
1945 – US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa.
1953 – US Department of Health, Education & Welfare established.
1955 – US Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) & Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan.
1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces in an address to the nation that he will not seek re-election.
1968 – US President Johnson authorizes a troop surge in Vietnam, bringing the total number of US soldiers to a peak of 549,500.
1970 – Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots baseball team to be sold to Milwaukee group.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter deregulates banking industry.
1989 – Donald Trump purchases Eastern Airline’s Northeast shuttle.
1996 – Space Shuttle STS 76 (Atlantis 15), lands.
2008 – Aloha Airlines, a bankrupt airline, permanently ends passenger service.
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