1778 – “Stars & Stripes” arrive in foreign port for 1st time (France).
1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted to James Davenport, Philadelphia.
1803 – Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act of U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void.
1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes first serving US President to have his photograph taken (by Mathew Brady).
1876 – A.G. Bell & Elisha Gray apply separately for telephone patents, Supreme Court eventually rules Bell rightful inventor.
1899 – US Congress begins using voting machines.
1919 – United Parcel Service forms.
1924 – IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson.
1941 – One millionth vehicle traverses the NY Midtown Tunnel.
1954 – Sen. John F. Kennedy appears on “Meet the Press.”
1963 – US launches communications satellite Syncom 1.
1965 – 7th Daytona 500: Fred Lorenzen wins (141.539 MPH).
1968 – WHKY TV channel 14 in Hickory, NC (IND) begins broadcasting.
1978 – 1st “micro on a chip” patented by Texas Instruments.
1988 – 49th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player wins.
1985 – Hostage CNN reporter Jeremy Levin is released in Beirut.
1989 – World’s 1st satellite Skyphone opens.
1998 – Authorities in the United States announce that Eric Robert Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama abortion clinic bombing.
2010 – 52nd Daytona 500: Jamie McMurray wins (137.284 MPH).
2013 – Oscar Pistorius, a South African amputee sprinter, is charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
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