1790 – US Patent system forms.
1816 – 2nd Bank of US chartered.
1841 – New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley.
1849 – Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC) sold rights for $400.
1869 – Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9.
1917 – Munition factory explosion at Eddystone, Pennsylvania, kills 133 workers.
1930 – Thiokol synthetic rubber 1st produced in Yardley, New Jersey.
1938 – NY makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license.
1945 – US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa.
1960 – Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill.
1964 – Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project.
1971 – Philadelphia Phillies open their new home, Veterans Stadium with a 4-1 win over the Montreal Expos: 55,352, largest ever crowd to watch a MLB game in Pennsylvania.
1979 – Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1981 – Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded.
1984 – Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle.
1989 – Intel Corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip.
1995 – NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more.
2012 – Apple Inc. claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world.
2012 – Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination making Mitt Romney the overwhelming favorite.
2017 – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of state funds to cover it up.
2018 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security.
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