1872 – J. S. Risdon patents metal windmill.
1904 – First intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
1929 – “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the “Great Depression”
1940 – Secretary of War Henry L. Stinson draws the 1st number – #158- in the 1st peacetime military draft in US history.
1945 – First ballpoint pen goes on sale, manufactured by Biro.
1953 – A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns.
1958 – Dr. F. Mason Sones is first doctor to perform a coronary angiogram.
1960 – Chartered C46 carrying Cal State’s football team crashes, kills 16.
1964 – Star of India & other jewels are stolen in NY.
1966 – National Organization of Women founded.
1969 – US Supreme Court orders end to all school segregation “at once”
1969 – Tom Seaver voted NL Cy Young Award.
1988 – 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinics.
1993 – Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86.
1995 – Sunday NY Times increases price from $1.00 to $1.25.
1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.
2011 – Record-breaking snowstorm in the northeastern United States leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.
2012 – Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in New Jersey resulting in 110 deaths and $50 billion in damage and forces the New York stock exchange to close.
2012 – Publishing companies Penquin and Random House merge to form the world’s largest publisher.
2015 – Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives, succeeding John Boehner (R-Ohio)
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