1794 – Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin machine revolutionizing cotton industry in the southern US states.
1870 – California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible.
1900 – US currency goes on gold standard after Congress passes the Currency Act.
1904 – In a landmark case, Northern Securities Company v United States, the US Supreme Court finds the company has violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; first case in T. Roosevelt’s ‘trust-busting’ campaign.
1923 – US President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes.
1931 – 1st theater built for rear movie projection (NYC).
1950 – FBI’ “10 Most Wanted Fugitives” program begins.
1954 – Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game.
1956 – Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder.
1964 – “Girl Who Came to Supper” closes at Broadway NYC after 112 performances.
1964 – Dallas, Texas; Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald’s murder.
1971 – Barbra Streisand appears on “The Burt Bacharach Special” on CBS TV.
1972 – NBA’s Cincinnati Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City.
1973 – Future US senator John McCain is released after spending over five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
1983 – OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years.
1992 – Farm Aid V.
1994 – Timeline of Linux development: Linux kernel version 1.0.0 is released.
2003 – Start of weekend of protests against war in Iraq that are attended by millions.
2016 – Marco Rubio announces he is dropping out of the Republican presidential nomination race.
2017 – World’s oldest golf club Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women as members for 1st time in 273 years.
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