1675 – First American commercial corporation chartered (NY Fishing Co.)
1790 – First US President George Washington delivers 1st state of the union address.
1835 – The United States national debt is zero for the first and only time.
1894 – Columbus World’s fair in Chicago destroyed by fire.
1904 – Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen.
1918 – US President Woodrow Wilson outlines his Fourteen Points for peace after the Great War.
1923 – 1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas.
1945 – “Youth for Christ” organizes.
1949 – “Make Mine Manhattan” closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances.
1956 – Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Hound Dog” single goes #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single).
1962 – Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th.
1972 – NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall.
1975 – Judge John Sirica orders release of Watergate’s John W. Dean III, Herbert W. Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison.
1982 – AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies.
1987 – Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)
1989 – “42nd Street” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 3,486 performances.
1991 – Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
2002 – President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
2008 – Joe Gibbs retires, for the second time, as head coach of the Washington Redskins.
2016 – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, six months after he escaped prison.