1638 – 1st earthquake recorded in US, at Plymouth, Mass.
1789 – 1st US congressional act becomes law (on administering oaths).
1813 – Capt. John Lawrence utters Navy motto “Don’t give up the ship”.
1862 – Slavery abolished in all US possessions.
1869 – Thomas Edison granted his first patent for an electric vote machine (US Patent 90,646).
1890 – US census at 62,622,250.
1911 – 1st US group insurance policy written, Passaic, NJ.
1925 – Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pip (1st of record 2130 consecutive games).
1938 – Protective baseball helmets 1st worn by batters.
1947 – Photosensitive glass developed.
1961 – FM multiplex stereo broadcasting 1st heard.
1967 – Beatles release “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in the US, goes on to spend 15 weeks at number one.
1968 – Simon & Garfunkel’s “Mrs Robinson” hits #1.
1970 – “Everything is Beautiful” by Ray Stevens hits #1.
1971 – Ed Sullivan’s final TV show on CBS.
1980 – 1st transmission of CNN, the Cable News Network.
1994 – FX Channel, Cable Network, debuts.
2005 – The longest oil/natural gas explosion in the Houston, Texas area occurs in Crosby, Texas. The drill was owned by the Louisiana Oil and Gas Company.
2007 – Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland, Michigan.
2009 – General Motors files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourth largest United States bankruptcy in history.
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