1621 – Myles Standish is elected as the first commander of the Plymouth Colony.
1801 – US House of Representatives breaks electoral college tie, chooses Thomas Jefferson President over Aaron Burr.
1876 – Sardines first canned by Julius Wolff in Eastport, Maine.
1913 – 1st minimum wage law in US takes effect (Oregon)
1915 – Edward Stone, 1st US combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded.
1932 – Irving Berlin’s musical “Face the Music” premieres in NYC.
1933 – First issue of American news magazine “Newsweek” is published.
1943 – Dow Chemical and Corning Glass Works form a joint venture to explore and produce silicon materials, based off of the work of J. Franklin Hyde.
1947 – Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR.
1958 – Comic strip “BC” 1st appears.
1962- Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit “Surfin”
1964 – US Supreme Court rules – 1 man 1 vote (Westberry v Sanders)
1969 – Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash record an album; it was never released.
1970 – US army officer Jeffrey MacDonald murders his pregnant wife & two small daughters.
1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House with a stolen helicopter.
1981 – Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in US history.
1995 – Federal judge allow lawsuit claiming US tobacco makers knew nicotine was addictive & manipulated its levels to keep customers hooked.
2002 – 44th Daytona 500: Ward Burton wins (130.81 MPH)
2008 – 50th Daytona 500: Ryan Newman wins (152.672 MPH)
2014 – The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon premieres on NBC.
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