1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
1777 – General George Washington’s revolutionary army defeats British forces at Battle of Princeton, NJ.
1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1871 – Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, NY.
1888 – 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington, D.C.
1899 – The first known use of the word automobile, was seen in an editorial in The New York Times.
1918 – US Employment Service opens as a unit of the Department of Labor.
1929 – 27 year old William S Paley becomes CBS president.
1938 – March of Dimes established to fight polio.
1945 – Admiral Chester Nimitz begins planning assaults on Okinawa and Iwo Jima in Japan.
1952 – “Dragnet” with Jack Webb premieres on NBC-TV.
1953 – Frances Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
1962 – Ground is broken for the Houston Astrodome.
1967 – Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion.
1970 – “Mame” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1508 performances.
1973 – George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million.
1977 – Apple Computer, Inc incorporates.
1985 – Mitch McConnell becomes Senator of Kentucky.
1998 – Country singer-comedian Grandpa Jones suffers a stroke.
2004 – After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of “American Top 40” to Ryan Secrest.