1773 – Boston Tea Party incident – Sons of Liberty protesters throw tea shipments into Boston harbor in protest against British imposed Tea Act.
1811 – Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri, causing widespread damage.
1835 – Fire consumes over 600 buildings in NYC.
1897 – 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated.
1900 – A National Civic Federation is formed in the US to arbitrate labor disputes.
1905 – “Variety” covering all phases of show business, 1st published.
1907 – As a gesture of the US’s new presence as a world power, President Theodore Roosevelt sends the ‘Great White Fleet’ on a round-the-world cruise, visiting ports internationally.
1912 – 1st US postage stamp picturing an airplane, 20 cent parcel post, issued.
1924 – Hiram Bingham is elected as a Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate forcing him to resign as Governor of Connecticut after serving only one day in office, the shortest term of any Connecticut Governor.
1937 – Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from American federal prison Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
1950 – US President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against “Communist Imperialism”
1953 – 1st US White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
1960 – TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134.
1971 – Don McLean’s 8+ minute version of “American Pie” released.
1976 – Government halts swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis.
1978 – Ronald Reagan denounces President Jimmy Carter’s recognition of People’s Republic of China.
1978 – Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first post-depression era city to default on its loans, owing $14,000,000 to local banks.
1982 – The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%.
1997 – US President Bill Clinton names his Labrador retriever “Buddy”
2009 – Ben Bernanke, Chair of the US Federal Reserve is named Time’s Person of the Year for rescuing the global economy from the Great Recession.
2015 – US Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.25% for the first time since 2005.
2016 – US State Department increases reward for information on Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to $25 million.
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