1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. The organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
1759 – First music store in America opens (Phila)
1816 – Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston.
1879 – First federal fish hatching steamer launched (Wilmington, Delaware)
1903 – Wright Brothers make 1st flight at Kitty Hawk.
1918 – US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany.
1922 – Charles Ebbets proposes putting numbers on players’ sleeves or caps.
1928 – Clip-on tie designed.
1942 – Washington Redskins defeat Chicago Bears 14-6, to win NFL title.
1950 – James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
1961 – Jimmy Dean’s Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller.
1966 – 1st US bombing of Hanoi.
1974 – Jim “Catfish” Hunter wins free agent claim against A’s owner Finley.
1977 – 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash.
1983 – Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky’s 1st female governor.
1984 – Artificial hear recipient William Schroeder suffers 1st stroke.
1989 – “Driving Miss Daisy” directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy is released (Best Picture 1990)
1990 – “Peter Pan” opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 45 performances.
1994 – American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15.
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
2007 – The Mitchell Report is publicly released listing the names of 89 Major League Baseball players that have presumably used anabolic steroids and human growth hormones. Notable players named included Roger Clemens and Miquel Tejada.
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