1492 – Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1851 – American inventor Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine.
1856 – Anthony Fass patents accordion.
1869 – Self-proclaimed Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton of the USA issues edict abolishing the Democratic and Republican parties.
1877 – Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device.
1898 – Hawaii is formally annexed to US.
1908 – Henry Ford’s company builds the first Model T car.
1928 – 9th Olympics close in Amsterdam.
1935 – Babe Ruth’s final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand.
1944 – Pipeline under ocean (Pluto) begins operating.
1953 – Ann Davison arrives in Miami in her 23 foot boat (Felicity Ann), becoming the 1st woman to sail solo across the Atlantic.
1955 – US President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour.
1960 – Echo 1, 1st communication satellite, is launched.
1964 – Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th & final time in a game.
1972 – “Oh! Calcutta! closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 1316 performances.
1972 – Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam.
1981 – IBM introduces its first Personal Computer (PC & PC-DOS version 1.0)
1993 – Pope Paul II begins visit of US.
2004 – New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey comes out publicly as a gay man.
2015 – Former US President Jimmy Carter reveals that he has cancer.
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