1811 – US Sen. Thomas Pickering is 1st senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the president of the US)
1865 – Welterweight Con Orem & heavyweight Hugh O’Neill brawl for 185 rounds before darkness ends legendary bare knuckle boxing match in Virginia City, Montana.
1882 – Because of anti-monopoly laws, Standard Oil is organized as a trust.
1900 – John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
1906 – Willis Carrier receives a US patent for the world’s first air conditioner.
1918 – After repeated clashes over pay with the Brooklyn Robins owner Charlie Ebbetts, star right fielder and future Baseball Hall of Fame manager Casey Stengel is traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1929 – US and Canada agree to preserve Niagara Falls.
1934 – 1st state liquor stores open, in Pennsylvania.
1938 – Book publisher Simon and Shuster founded.
1942 – World War II: the 28 nations of war with Axis powers pledge to make no separate peace deals.
1943 – University of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball team begins 129 home game winning streak that only ends in 1955; incorporates NCAA titles in 1948, 1949 and 1951.
1957 – In the first of 4 meetings between the fighters, Gene Fullmer wins the world middleweight boxing title with a 15-rouind unanimous decision over Sugar Ray Robinson at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
1960 – Senator John F. Kennedy announces his candidacy for the US Presidency.
1965 – New York Jets sign future Pro Football Hall of fame quarterback Joe Namath to a $427,000 contract over three years (pro football record at the time)
1974 – 55 MPH speed limit imposed by President Richard Nixon.
1983 – “Annie” closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances.
1990 – Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)
1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches in Chicago, where temperatures plunged to -13 degrees F, 68 deaths are reported.
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.
2019 – Apple CEO Tim Cook blames below expectations Chinese iPhone sales for downturn in company’s outlook, rocking international stock markets.
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