1606 – Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish Jamestown, Virginia.
1790 – 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
1820 – Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50.
1860 – South Carolina secedes from the Union (US Civil War)
1879 – Thomas Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park.
1912 – J Hartley Manners’ “Peg O’ My Heart” premieres in NYC.
1920 – Bob Hope becomes an American citizen.
1929 – Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park.
1940 – Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000.
1945 – Rationing of auto tires ends in US.
1962 – Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show.
1967 – 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam.
1969 – Peter, Paul & Mary’s “Leaving on a Jet Plane” reaches #1.
1971 – First preview issue of “Ms” magazine is published in the US launched by Gloria Steinem.
1978 – H.R. Halderman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff released from jail.
1981 – Harry Krieger and Tom Eyen’s musical “Dreamgirls” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances.
1985 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC.
1992 – Northwest & KLM airlines introduce a new joint logo “Worldwide Reliability”
2002 – US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
2012 – Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities.
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