1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate.
1893 – RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack.
1902 – “The Wizard of Oz” musical first opens in Chicago, Illinois.
1903 – Pepsi Cola company forms.
1909 – Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic gold medals.
1922 – Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics.
1933 – US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) created.
1935 – US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal”
1941 – 1st US federally owned airport opened in Washington, D.C.
1947 – 1st network news-Dumont’s “News from Washington”
1961 – Discoverer 25 launched.
1968 – US Open Golf, Oak Hill CC: Lee Trevino wins his first major title by 4 shots from Jack Nicklaus; first to play sub-70 golf in Open history.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1984 – Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race.
1991 – “Fiddler on the Roof” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances.
1991 – Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day.
1995 – Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002.
2008 – US Open Men’s Golf, Torrey Pines GC: Tiger Woods wins his 3rd US Open and 14th major title, beating Rocco Mediate on the 1st hole of sudden death, following a Monday 18-hole playoff.
2015 – TV personality and Real estate mogul Donald Trump launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President at Trump Towers.
2016 – Philadelphia is the first US city to pass a tax on sweetened drinks.
2017 – Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion.