1639 – 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington, Delaware)
1760 – New York passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine.
1809 – 1st US steamboat to make an ocean voyage, leaves NY for Philadelphia.
1845 – Andrew Jackson’s African Grey parrot “Poll” is removed from his funeral for swearing at the Hermitage, Tennessee funeral. Attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: “Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house.”
1898 – US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War.
1905 – 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine.
1924 – 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans in Cleveland.
1933 – John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. The takes $10,600.
1935 – In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr. Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous (date of Smith’s last drink)
1943 – FDR becomes 1st US President to visit a foreign country during wartime.
1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
1952 – US President Harry Truman expresses a desire to nationalize the steel industry.
1963 – US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy.
1966 – Mamas & Papas wind gold record for “Monday, Monday”
1975 – Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans.
1977 – Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers.
1985 – Coca Cola announces they’re bringing back their 99-year old formula.
1996 – Intel releases 200 MHz Pentium chip.
2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2012 – 66th Tony Awards: Once & Clybourne Park win.
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