1628 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted land by England.
1822 – Boston Massachusetts incorporated as a city.
1831 – First US bank robbery, the City Bank of New York robbed of $245,000.
1865 – Battle of Bentonville, Confederates retreat from Greenville, North Carolina.
1895 – Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service.
1918 – US Congress authorizes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
1928 – “Amos & Andy” debut on radio (NBC Blue Network – WMAQ, Chicago).
1931 – Nevada legalizes gambling.
1942 – FDR orders men between 45 and 64 to register for non-military duty.
1945 – US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure.
1953 – 25th Academy Awards: “Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised).
1965 – Rembrandt’s “Titus” sells for then record 7,770,000 guilders.
1969 – Chicago 8 indicted in aftermath of Chicago Democratic convention.
1973 – Dean tells Nixon, “There is a cancer growing on the Presidency”
1975 – Pennsylvania is 1st state to allow girls to compete with boys in high school sports.
1982 – National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27.
1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1997 – US Supreme Court hears Internet indecency arguments.
2003 – Invasion of Iraq by American and British led coalition begins without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion.
2012 – Wendy’s overtakes Burger King to become second best-selling hamburger chain.