1776 – George Washington receives honorary LI.D. degree from Harvard College.
1848 – Thomas Douglas becomes 1st public teacher in San Francisco.
1882 – American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St Joseph.
1910 – Highest mountain in North America, Alaska’s Mr. McKinley claimed to have been 1st climbed by 4 local men.
1917 – Alfred Stieglitz opens 1st one-person show of Georgia O’Keeffee’s work at 291 art gallery in New York.
1918 – US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler.
1926 – Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard.
1933 – 1st airplane flight over Mt. Everest.
1944 – US Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) “white primaries” unconstitutional.
1948 – US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book ‘Howl’ against obscenity charges.
1966 – Tom Seaver signs with Mets for a reported $50,000 bonus.
1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of “Vietnamization”, reducing American involvement.
1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
1979 – Jane M. Byrne (D), elected 1st woman mayor of Chicago, Illinois.
1986 – US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000.
1989 – NY Mets win 11th consecutive home opener 8-4 over St. Louis at Shea Stadium.
1991 – UN Security Council adopts Gulf War truce resolution.
2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination.