1790 – US Supreme Court convenes for 1st time (NYC)
1840 – Oldest continuous writer of insurance in America – The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York (MONY) opens.
1862 – Julia Howe publishes “Battle Hymn of Republic”
1906 – 1st federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth, Kansas.
1926 – Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch.
1940 – NBC performs the first inter-city television broadcast from its station in New York City to another in Schenectady, New York by General Electric relay antennas.
1945 – US Army arrives at Siffredi.
1951 – 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated.
1957 – 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline.
1960 – 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, NC.
1965 – Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC’s nightly news.
1969 – In his first start in a Ford, legendary driver Richard Petty wins the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside, California; previous 92 NASCAR victories were in Plymouths.
1977 – Blizzard in upstate New York and Southern Ontario claims 23 lives.
1981 – Duke Ellington’s musical “Sophisticated Ladies” premieres in NYC.
2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2006 – Economist Ben Bernake becomes Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Alan Greenspan.
2009 – Super Bowl XLIII, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fl: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, MVP: Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh, WR.
2013 – John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State.
2016 – Alphabet, Google’s parent company surpasses Apple as the world’s most valuable company ($568bn vs $535bn), after releasing income results.
2022 – At age 44, Tom Brady, regarded as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announces his retirement after a 22 year career and a record 7 Super Bowl titles with the NE Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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