1777 – People of New Connecticut (Vermont) declare independence from England.
1831 – 1st US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Pierson, Charleston, SC.
1861 – Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis.
1865 – Ft. Fisher, NC, falls to Union troops.
1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.
1907 – Gold dental inlays first described by William Taggart, who invented them.
1927 – The Tennessee Supreme Court overturns (on a technicality) John T. Scopes’ guilty verdict for teaching evolution – but the law itself remains in force.
1936 – 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio.
1942 – Cubs drop plans to install lights at Wrigley due to WW II.
1943 – World’s largest office building, the Pentagon is completed.
1951 – Supreme Court rule “clear & present danger” of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest..
1958 – NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV.
1971 – George Harrison releases “My Sweet Lord”
1973 – US President Richard Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam.
1981 – “Hill Street Blues” premieres on NBC-TV.
1992 – Cleaning woman finds intimate photos of Sarah Ferguson with US man.
1994 – Lawrence Taylor announces his retirement from the NFL.
2001 – Wikipedia, a free Wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.
2009 – US Airways Flight 1549 makes an emergency landing into the Hudson River shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. All passengers and crew members survive.
2016 – American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan unveils newest exhibit replica skeleton of a Titanosaur dinosaur (found 2010 Argentina), largest known dinosaur at 70 tons.
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