1795 – 1st state university in US opens, University of North Carolina.
1861 – Abraham Lincoln declared US President in Washington, D.C.
1866 – Jesse James holds up his first bank, stealing $15,000 from the Clay County Savings Association in Liberty, Missouri.
1895 – Moving picture projector patented.
1925 – US Congress makes Supreme Court appeal more difficult.
1935 – 1st US surgical operation for relief of angina pectoris, Cleveland.
1937 – NFL Boston Redskins move to Washington, D.C.
1943 – Woman’s Marine Corps created.
1954 – Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95.
1961 – Frank Sinatra launches Reprise label under Warner Bros Records.
1965 – US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming.
1971 – US Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd while golfing, injuring 2.
1972 – “1776” closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1,217 performances.
1973 – US dollar devalued 10%.
1980 – Apollo Computer Inc. incorporated.
1981 – Longest sentence published by “The New York Times” – 1286 words.
1991 – US air raid on the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad kills more than 408 civilians.
2000 – The last original “Peanuts” comic strip appears in newspapers one day after Charles M. Schulz dies.
2017 – US President Donald Trump accepts the resignation of national security advisor Michael Flynn over his dealings with Russia.
2017 – Harrison Ford involved in a near miss while flying a plane at John Wayne Airport, Orange County.
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