1801 – Washington, DC placed under Congressional jurisdiction.
1813 – US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail.
1827 – 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans.
1864 – US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing.
1879 – Constantine Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener).
1919 – American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (NYC).
1922 – US Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amendment to the US Constitution – women’s right to vote.
1935 – 7th Academy Awards: “It Happened One Night”, Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert win.
1951 – 22nd amendment ratified, limiting US Presidents to 2 terms.
1963 – Mickey Mantle of NY Yankees signs a baseball contract worth $100,000.
1964 – “What Makes Sammy Run?” opens at 84th St. Theater NYC for 540 performances.
1966 – 8th Daytona 500: Richard Petty wins (160.927 MPH).
1974 – “People” magazine begins sales.
1975 – US House of Representatives pass $21.3 billion anti-recession tax-cut bill.
1981 – Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder record “Ebony & Ivory”.
1985 – Farmers converge in Washington to demand economic relief.
1990 – No one elected to Baseball Hall of Fame for 2nd time in 3 years.
1992 – Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years.
2005 – 77th Academy Awards: “Million Dollar Baby”, Jamie Foxx & Hilary Swank win.
2012 – Wikileaks begins disclosing 5 million emails from private intelligence company Stratfor.
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