1789 – Georgetown, 1st US Catholic college, founded.
1845 – Uniform US election day for President & VP authorized.
1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree.
1879 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
1909 – 1st radio rescue at sea.
1930 – George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Virginia established.
1941 – Groundbreaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center.
1950 – 3rd edition of Joseph Kane’s Famous 1st Facts published.
1964 – 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections.
1964 – Arthur Miller’s “After the Fall” premieres in NYC.
1970 – US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.
1971 – USLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War.
1981 – 1st Richard Nixon museum opens in San Clemente, California.
1982 – World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2.
1987 – Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)
1993 – NY Newsday reports Oregon Senator Bob Packwood sexually harassed 23 women.
2003 – Final communication between Earth and NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2013 – US armed forces overturns 1994 ban on women serving in combat.
2016 – Category 5 blizzard delivers record 3 feet of snow to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast US, killing 55 and incurring estimated $500m – $3bn economic losses.
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