1776 – First revolutionary flag displayed.
1811 – US Sen. Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)
1842 – First US wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Pennsylvania.
1882 – Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust.
1906 – Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner.
1929 – US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
1938 – Book publisher Simon and Shuster founded.
1944 – 1st use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)
1945 – Kentucky begins 130 home basketball game win streak, ends in 1955.
1952 – “Pal Joey” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances.
1962 – Nighttime version of “Password” with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS.
1965 – NY Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath.
1969 – Australian Rupert Murdoch gains control of the ‘News of the World’
1974 – 55 MPH speed limit imposed by President Richard Nixon.
1983 – “Annie” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances.
1983 – Duke Ellington’s musical “Sophisticated Ladies” closes at Lunt-Fontanne, NYC, after 767 performances.
1985 – Undefeated BYU becomes college football champions.
1990 – Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15).
2015 – The Economist lists Daniel Kahneman as the 7th most influential economist in the world.
2017 – US House of Representatives vote to gut the independent Office of Congressional Ethics, a public uproar forces them to back down the next day.
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