1790 – US Congress passes Naturalization Act, requires 2-year residency.
1845 – Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precursor of Band-Aid.
1872 – Thomas J. Martin patents fire extinguisher.
1885 – Eastman Film Co. manufacturers 1st commercial motion picture film.
1910 – US forbids immigration to criminals, anarchists, paupers & the sick.
1926 – The 1st lip-reading tournament held in America.
1930 – Congress appropriates $50,000 for Inter-American highway.
1937 – Spinach growers of Crystal City, Texas, erect statue of Popeye.
1940 – Ernest Hemingway & Benjamin Glazer premiere in NYC.
1945 – Allies led by US Marines Corps secure island of Iwo Jima from Imperial Japanese Army, after 18,000 Japanese & 6,000 Americans killed.
1951 – United States Air Force flag officially adopted by President Harry S. Truman.
1953 – Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio.
1955 – “Ballad of Davy Crockett” becomes the #1 record in US.
1962 – US Supreme Court backs 1-man-1-vote apportionment of seats in state legislature.
1970 – Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) plead guilty to “taking immoral liberties” with a 14-year old girl.
1982 – Groundbreaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1994 – Bonnie Blair skates world record 500 meter ladies (38.90 sec)
1999 – The “Melissa worm” infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.
2018 – US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns.
2018 – US, European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK.
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