1793 – 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati.
1798 – David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine.
1849 – 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1862 – Battle of Kinston, fought in Lenoir County, North Carolina begins (Goldsboro Expedition), Union victory (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, Tennessee.
1934 – 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany, NY)
1944 – Congress establishes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
1946 – UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in New York City.
1947 – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1957 – “Most Happy Fella” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 performances.
1964 – Michael Brown meets Renee Fladen, then writes “Walk Away Renee”
1967 – DNA created in a test tube.
1969 – Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on “Ed Sullivan Show”
1977 – “Saturday Night Live” film starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC.
1984 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football.
1987 – Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new.
1995 – AIDS patient Jeff Getty receives baboon bone marrow transplant.
2003 – President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein.
2012 – 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
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