1773 – First public museum established in North American colonies in Charleston, South Carolina.
1896 – First X-ray photo in the United States made by Dr. Henry Smith in Davidson, NC.
1906 – First time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26).
1915 – US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.
1932 – Hattie W. Caraway elected first woman senator (D-Arkansas).
1939 – Timely Comics (later Marvel) founded by American publisher Martin Goodman in New York.
1943 – Frankfurters replaced by Victory Sausages. It’s a mix of meal and soy meal.
1946 – NFL champion Cleveland Rams given permission to move to Los Angeles.
1956 – FBI arrests six members of the Great Brink’s robbery gang six days before statute of limitations runs out.
1959 – Berry Gordy Jr.’s Tamla Records (later Motown) begins operating in Detroit, Michigan.
1962 – Operation Ranch Hand begins. It’s a US Air Force operation to spray South Vietnamese forest with defoliants such as Agent Orange.
1969 – Super Bowl III, Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida: New York Jets beat Baltimore Colts 16-7. Most Valuable Player is Jets quarterback Joe Namath.
1975 – Chrysler Corporation offers first rebates.
1988 – Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder/first baseman Willie Stargell elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1991 – Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Women’s Baseball game (11,520).
1995 – Murder trial against O.J. Simpson begins in Los Angeles.
2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
2010 – Earthquake devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 and destroying the majority of the capital of Port-au-Prince.
2017 – Justin Thomas (23) becomes the youngest player to shoot a sub-60 round of 59 in the opening of the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in Hawaii. He also wins the tournament.
2023 – US Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents.
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