1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county in Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1769 – John Harris of Boston, Massachusetts, builds 1st spinet piano.
1789 – 1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents & Congress.
1842 – 1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published.
1851 – New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)
1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers ‘Atlanta Compromise’ address.
1919 – Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast.
1928 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air, with 18 stations (and WOR as NYC affiliate)
1944 – US 266th division occupiers Brest Bretagne.
1947 – US Air Force created as a separate military service by passing of the National Security Act.
1956 – Mickey Mantle is 8th to hit 50 HRs in a season.
1958 – The Fresno Drop: Bank of America mails out 60,000 BankAmericards in Fresno, California, the first credit card (later renamed VISA)
1964 – “The Addams Family”, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coggan premieres on ABC.
1969 – Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky get engaged.
1977 – US Voyager I takes 1st place photograph of Earth & Moon together.
1987 – US & USSR sign accord to remove mid range missiles.
1996 – Roger Clemens ties his own major league record with 20 strikeouts.
1997 – Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations, creating the public charity, the United Nations Foundation.
1998 – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is formed.
2009 – The 72 year run of the soap opera ‘The Guiding Light’ ends as its final episode is broadcast.
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