1792 – US Congress passes Presidential Succession Act.
1842 – 1st known sewing machine patented in US, John Greenough, Washington, DC.
1857 – Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US.
1858 – Edwin T. Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston, Mass).
1878 – World’s 1st telephone directory issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut).
1895 – NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Fredrick Douglass.
1915 – World’s Fair in San Francisco opens.
1925 – 1st issue of “New Yorker” magazine published.
1931 – Alka Seltzer introduced.
1947 – 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera “A Woman to Remember”
1953 – Francis Crick and James Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule.
1968 – Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000.
1970 – Jackson 5 make TV debut on “American Bandstand”
1972 – Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China.
1982 – “Ain’t Misbehavin” closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 performances.
1986 – AIDS patient Ryan White returns to classes at Western Middle School.
1988 – Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation.
1989 – Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling.
2003 – Bill Maher’s political talk show “Real Time with Bill Maher” debuts on HBO.
2016 – Lock of John Lennon’s hair sells for $35,000 at an auction in Dallas, Texas.
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