1631 – Rhode Island founder, Roger Williams arrives in Boston from England.
1644 – 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut.
1736 – Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia.
1850 – Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Palz, NY.
1870 – 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia.
1918 – 1st US pilot to down an enemy airplane, Stephen W. Thompson.
1922 – Reader’s Digest magazine 1st published.
1936 – National Wildlife Federation forms.
1945 – US troops under General Douglas MacArthur enter Manila.
1958 – Vanguard TV-3 back-up launches into Earth orbit; reaches 6 km.
1969 – US population reaches 200 million. (February 2019 estimate – 328,157,358)
1971 – Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro. Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours.
1972 – US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage.
1978 – Blizzard forms in US Northeast, 100 people killed in New England and New York over 3 days.
1981 – Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with enemy.
1987 – Dow Jones averages close above 2,200 for 1st time.
1991 – A Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides.
2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
2016 – Computer hackers try to steal 1 billion from Federal Reserve Bank of New York using Bangladesh banking codes, steal 81 million before a typo alerts authorities.
2018 – A share market sell-off on Wall Street with Dow Jones sinking 4.6%, spreads around the globe.
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