1805 – US Marines attack shores of Tripoli.
1838 – Fire destroys half of Charleston.
1865 – Steamboat “USS Sultana” explodes in the Mississippi River, killing up to 1,800 of the 2,427 passengers in the greatest maritime disaster in United States history. Most were paroled Union POWs on their way home.
1877 – Rutherford B. Hayes removes Federal troops from LA, Reconstruction ends.
1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore (for the time being) of the United States Senate.
1937 – 1st US social security payment made.
1945 – US 5th army enters Genoa.
1946 – 1st radio installed aboard a commercial ship.
1959 – “Today” show goes abroad 1st time (Paris, France)
1960 – 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
1961 – NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays.
1965 – RC Duncan patents “Pampers” disposable diaper.
1972 – Apollo 16 returns to Earth.
1978 – Cooling tower collapse at a coal-fired power plant at Willow Island, West Virginia, kills 51.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1990 – 50th annual barbershop quartet singing convention held in Michigan.
1997 – Frank Nobilo wins Greater Greensboro, NC Chrysler Classic at Forest Hills.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.
2011 – U.S. President Barack Obama, coerced by incessant false “birther” accusations, publicly releases a copy of his birth certificate.
2018 – German leader Angela Merkel has a 1-day trip to Washington meeting US President Donald Trump.
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