1778 – Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure.
1847 – New York & Boston linked by telegraph wires.
1867 – Bank of California opens doors.
1893 – Great stock crash on NY stock exchange.
1914 – US signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia.
1934 – Federal Savings & Loan Association created.
1950 – US sends 35 military advisors to South Vietnam.
1950 – North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict.
1955 – 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas.
1962 – Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems.
1964 – “New Phil Silvers Show” last airs on CBS-TV.
1973 – John W. Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon’s “enemies list”
1974 – “Flip Wilson Show” last airs on NBC-TV.
1980 – US revives draft registration.
1988 – Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67m)
1993 – NY Met pitcher Anthony Young loses record 24th straight game.
2003 – The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three-quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2008 – Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill Gates & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2017 – Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook has reached 2 billion monthly users.
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