1787 – Pennsylvania becomes 2nd state to ratify US constitution.
1800 – Washington, DC established as capital of US.
1870 – Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into US House of Representatives.
1899 – George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee.
1914 – The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%.
1917 – Rev. Edward Flanagan forms Boys Town outside Omaha, Nebraska.
1930 – Baseball changes rule, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double.
1937 – NBC & RCA sends 1st mobile-TV vans onto streets of NY.
1946 – Tide detergent introduced.
1946 – UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
1955 – 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christopher Cockerel.
1964 – Shooting starts for “Star Trek” pilot “The Cage” (Menagerie).
1968 – Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis.
1969 – “Hello Dolly” with Barbra Streisand premieres.
1980 – US’s copyright law amended to include computer program.
1986 – James “Bone-Crusher” Smith TKO’s WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in Madison Square Garden.
1988 – “Rainman” directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise premieres in New York (Best Picture 1989).
1997 – Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby’s daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him.
2000 – United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush vs Gore.
2011 – 77th Heisman Trophy Award: Robert Griffin III, Baylor (QB)
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