1794 – 1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia.
1803 – Chief Justice John Marshall declares that any act U.S. Congress that conflicts with the Constitution is void.
1849 – In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes first serving US President to have his photograph taken (by Mathew Brady).
1855 -Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1867 – Morehouse College organizes (August, Georgia)
1889 – 1st train load of fruit (oranges) leaves LA for east.
1899 – US Congress begins using voting machines.
1907 – 1st US foxhound association forms in NYC.
1919 – United Parcel Service forms.
1925 – IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson.
1939 – Victor Fleming replaces Georg Cukor as director of film “Gone With the Wind”
1954 – Sen. John Kennedy appears on “Meet the Press”
1962 – US 1st lady Jacqueline Kennedy conducts White House tour on TV.
1965 – 7th Daytona 500: Fred Lorenzen wins (141.539 MPH)
1971 – Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House.
1980 – “West Side Story” opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 341 performances.
1989 – World’s 1st satellite Skyphone opens.
1990 – Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system.
2013 – Oscar Pistorius, a South African amputee sprinter, is charged with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
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