By: Robert Hester
1693—Royal charter granted College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
1788—Massachusetts becomes 6th state to ratify constitution.
1815—New Jersey issues 1st US railroad charter (John Stevens)
1862—General Ulysses S. Grant captures Fort Henry in Tennessee.
1867—Peabody Fund forms to promote black education in southern USA.
1869—Harper’s Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers.
1891—1st great train robbery by Dalton Gang (Southern Pacific #17)
1899—Spanish-American War ends, peace treaty ratified by Senate.
1911—1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona.
1921—“The Kid,” starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, released.
1926—NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates.
1929—Rudy Vallee recorded “Deep Night.”
1935—“Monopoly” board game goes on sale for 1st time.
1943—Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio’s “Your Hit Parade”
1948—1st radio-controlled airplane flown.
1951—Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles west of Chicago.
1953—US controls on wages and some consumer goods lifted.
1958—Ted Williams signs with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid.
1965—Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” hits #1.
1971—1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
1974—US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Pres. Nixon.
1983—Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
1987—No-smoking rules take effect in US federal buildings.
1995—Darryl Strawberry suspended from baseball for 60 days.
1998—Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
2014—Jay Leno ends his time on the Tonight show.
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