1773 – First public museum established in north America colonies (Charleston, SC)
1812 – 1st cargo arrives from New Orleans by steam, from Natchez.
1865 – Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher, NC.
1896 – 1st x-ray photo in US (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson, NC)
1906 – 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.25)
1915 – US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote.
1932 – Hattie W. Caraway elected 1st woman senator (D-Ark)
1939 – Timely comics (later Marvel) founded by American publisher Martin Goodman in New York.
1948 – NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA.
1949 – “Arthur Godfrey & his friends” premieres on CBS TV.
1956 – FBI arrest 6 members of the Great Brink’s robbery gang, 6 days before statute of limitations runs out.
1959 – American record company Motown is founded by Barry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records.
1962 – Operation Ranch Hand begins, a US Air Force operation to spray South Vietnamese forests with defoliants such as Agent Orange.
1966 – LBJ says US should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends.
1975 – Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates.
1983 – Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 – Congress gives George H.W. Bush authority to wage war against Iraq.
1992 – NFC Championship, RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.: Washington Redskins beat Detroit Lions, 41-10.
1995 – Murder trial against O.J. Simpson begins in LA.
2013 – “Mile High Miracle”, in AFC Divisional playoff game, Denver Broncos trail Baltimore Ravens 35-28 with 1:09 remaining, quarterback Joe Flacco heaves 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game. Ravens win in overtime.
2017 – Justin Thomas (23) becomes the youngest player to shoot a sub-60 round of 59 in the opening round of the Sony Open at Waialae CC in Hawaii; he also wins the tournament.
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