1782 – Charleston, SC evacuated by British.
1793 – 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati.
1798 – David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine.
1862 – Battle of Kinston, North Carolina (US Civil War).
1903 – The Wright brothers attempt to fly the Wright Flyer for the first time at Kitty Hawk, NC.
1916 – America’s first board certified doctors are named by the American Board of Ophthalmology following an examination at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis, TN.
1934 – 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany, NY).
1938 – Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25.
1938 – Major leagues agree on standard baseball.
1944 – Congress establishes rank of General of Army (5-star General).
1946 – Elmer Rice’ “Dream Girl” premieres in NYC.
1947 – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1953 – Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax.
1958 – Pat Summerall kicks game winning field goal for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium.
1967 – DNA created in a test tube.
1969 – Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on “Ed Sullivan Show.”
1972 – Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon for home.
1977 – “Saturday Night Fever” starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC.
1984 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football.
1996 – 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins.
2003 – President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
2008 – President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad.
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