1839 – Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia.
1855 – US Court of Claims forms for cases against government.
1868 – 1st US parade with floats (Mardi Gras-Mobile, Alabama)
1868 – US House of Representatives vote 126-47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson.
1908 – In ‘Mueller v Oregon’, the US Supreme Court favors an Oregon law limiting maximum hours a woman may work and denies that it curtails ‘liberty of contract’
1909 – The Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
1923 – Flying Scotsman goes into service.
1937 – 1st US group hospital-medical corporative authorized, Washington, D.C.
1938 – DuPont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles.
1942 – The “Battle of Los Angeles” takes place, a series of anti-aircraft engagements over the city in response to a rumored but false Japanese attack. It would last until the morning of the following day.
1961 – Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit.
1968 – US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam.
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter announces US foreign aid will consider human rights.
1979 – Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas.
1981 – Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor.
1986 – Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million.
1989 – US Supreme Court votes 8-0 Jerry Falwell cannot collect for Hustler parody.
1989 – US Boeing 747 loses parts of roof over Pacific, 9 die.
1996 – Cuba downs 2 US planes.
2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba due to ill health after nearly fifty years.
