1493 – Columbus sails with 17 ships on 2nd voyage to the Americas.
1639 – First printing press in America.
1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
1804 – 12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power.
1869 – Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard University in Washington, DC.
1878 – British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking.
1904 – Charles Follis is 1st black to play professional American football.
1911 – Ground breaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park.
1919 – US president Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Colorado, his health never recovers.
1926 – Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week.
1933 – 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia.
1941 – Brooklyn Dodgers win their 1st pennant in 21 years.
1956 – Sal Maglie no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 5-0.
1962 – Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in 1st round for heavyweight title.
1973 – 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
1979 – “Evita” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 1568 performances.
1986 – Antonin Scalia appointed to US Supreme Court.
1990 – Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience.
1992 – US Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle.
2013 – Oracle Team USA defeats Team New Zealand 9-8 to win the America’s Cup.
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