1803 – US Supreme Court 1st rules a law unconstitutional (Marbury v Madison)
1830 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia.
1857 – 1st perforated US postage stamps delivered to government.
1863 – Arizona Territory created.
1868 – 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile, Alabama)
1868 – US House of Representatives vote 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
1888 – Louisville, Ky, becomes 1st government in US to adopt Australian ballot (i.e.secret ballot on standard voting forms)
1909 – The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
1921 – 1st transcontinental flight in 24 hours flying time, arrives in Florida.
1938 – DuPont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
1942 – Voice of America begins broadcasting (in German)
1951 – “Bless you All” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 performances.
1968 – US troops recapture Hue Vietnam.
1977 – President Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1979 – Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas.
1983 – Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time.
1985 – Yul Brynner reprised his role in “The King & I”
1989 – Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini offers a $1-3 million bounty on Salman Rushdie’s death due to his novel, “Satanic Verses”
1996 – Cuba downs 2 US planes.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.