1817 – New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote,16 years after legislators 1st introduced a federal women’s suffrage amendment.
1913 – Internal Revenue Service begins to levy & collect income taxes.
1927 – Pan American Airlines incorporates.
1930 – Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts “No one will ever be paid more than Ruth”
1936 – The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1946 – 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (NYC).
1948 – US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
1953 – “Two’s Company” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 90 performances.
1953 – Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years.
1957 – 1st performance of David Diamond’s 6th Symphony in Boston.
1959 – Groucho, Chico & Harpo’s final TV appearance together.
1965 – 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines).
1972 – 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp.
1980 – 6th People’s Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Carol Burnett win (TV).
1983 – House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR.
1983 – President Reagan 1st known use of term “Evil Empire” (about the USSR) in speech in Florida.
1991 – Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists & 2 American soldiers it captured.
1994 – US Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces.
2012 – Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles over safety concerns.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history.
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