1768 – 1st mustard manufactured in America advertised, Philadelphia.
1842 – 1st adhesive postage stamps in US (private delivery), NYC.
1869 – Charges of Treason against Jefferson Davis are dropped.
1879 – US Congress authorizes women lawyers to practice before Supreme Court.
1903 – 1st Teddy Bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom.
1918 – US army troop ship torpedoed & sunk by Germany off Ireland.
1926 – Contract air mail service begins in US.
1932 – George Burns & Gracie Allen debut as regulars on the “Guy Lombardo Show”
1943 – Wartime photograph poster “We Can Do It!” produced by J. Howard Miller and posted on the walls of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company’s plants in the Midwest.
1955 – 1st pilot plant to produce man-made diamonds announced.
1961 – Entire US figure skating team of 18 dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash.
1967 – 1st anti-booting recording laws enacted.
1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
1978 – Escaped mass murderer Ted Bundy recaptured, Pensacola, Florida.
1987 – Craig Stadler disqualified from Andy Williams Open for kneeling on a towel to make a shot.
1992 – Jeffrey Dahmer found sane and guilty of killing 15 boys..
2000 – Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
2002 – At the Tri-State Crematory in La Fayette, Georgia, investigators find uncremated bodies disposed of in the woods and buildings on crematorium’s property. One of the worst incidents of abuse in the funeral home service industry.
2003 – An estimated 6-11 million people around the world take to the streets to protest against war with Iraq.
2011 – US President Barack Obama awards writer and activist Maya Angelou the Presidential Medal of Honor.
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