1620 – 103 Mayflower Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
1620 – Myles Standish and a group of 18 settlers are attacked by 30 Native Americans, which became known as the “First Encounter”
1844 – 1st dental use of nitrous oxide, Hartford, Connecticut.
1872 – Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback takes office as the first African American US Governor of Louisiana.
1902 – The US signs a treaty with Cuba allowing a 20 percent reduction of tariff rates on imported Cuban products.
1914 – Stockton Street Tunnel (San Francisco) completed.
1930 – Bank of the United States closes in New York City.
1941 – Germany & Italy declare war on USA.
1954 – USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va.
1961 – “Please, Mr. Postman” by Marvelettes released.
1961 – JFK provides US military helicopters & crews to South Vietnam.
1971 – The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed.
1972 – Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th and 12th people on the Moon.
1975 – US 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents.
1978 – 6 masked men bound 10 employees at Lufthansa cargo area at NYC Kennedy Airport & made off with $5.8 M in cash & jewelry.
1985 – Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)
1997 – Federal judge orders Microsoft not to bundle IE4 in Windows.
2008 – Bernard Madoff arrested and charged with securities fraud in $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
2017 – Attempted suicide terrorist bomb attack in New York wounds 3, bomb fails to fully detonate.
2017 – US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand calls for the resignation of President Donald Trump given 16 women have accused him of sexual harassment.
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