1825 – Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans.
1865 – Union occupies Fort Anderson, North Carolina.
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1903 – 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England.
1915 – Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude.
1922 – Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years.
1929 – Acadia National Park, Maine established.
1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world’s first men’s briefs in Chicago, calls it the “Jockey”
1938 – General Motors begins mass production of diesel engines.
1953 – Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary.
1955 – “Scrabble” debuts on board game market.
1961 – 1st episode of “Dick Van Dyke Show” is filmed.
1977 – US President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D’Aquino (Tokyo Rose)
1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
1979 – John N. Mitchell (former US Attorney General) released on parole from federal prison.
1984 – California Supreme Court rejects the request of quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia’s to starve herself to death in a public hospital.
1989 – President Reagan pardons NY Yankee owner, George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon.
2006 – The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
2012 – FBI shuts down Megaupload.com for alleged copyright infringement, hacker group Anonymous responds by attacking government and entertainment industry websites.
2016 – Sarah Palin officially endorses Donald Trump’s presidential bid at a Trump rally in Ames, Iowa.
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