1714 – Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1782 – 1st US commercial bank, Bank of North America, opens in Philadelphia.
1817 – 2nd Bank of US opens.
1830 – 1st US Railroad Station opens (Baltimore)
1890 – W.B. Purvis patents fountain pen.
1899 – Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier’s.
1904 – Marconi Co. establishes “CQD” as 1st International radio distress signal.
1923 – Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan.
1927 – Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois)
1934 – “Flash Gordon” comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts.
1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
1950 – Hank Snow’s 1st appearance on “Grand Ole Opry”
1953 – US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb.
1963 – 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.
1967 – “Newlywed Game” premieres on ABC-TV.
1969 – US Congress doubles president salary.
1983 – President Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
1990 – Tower of Pisa closed to the public after leaning to far.
1998 – Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton.
1999 – Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in US Senate.
2013 – 15th BCS National Championship: #1 Alabama beats #2 Texas, 37-21.
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