1812 – US passes 1st foreign aid bill (aids Venezuela earthquake victims)
1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps.
1885 – US Post Office offers special delivery for 1st-class mail.
1903 – North Carolina becomes 1st state requiring registration of nurses.
1917 – US Congress passes 1st excess profits tax on corporations.
1923 – Time magazine publishes 1st issue featuring Joseph G. Cannon (Speaker of the US House of Representatives)
1931 – “Star Spangled Banner” officially becomes US national anthem by congressional resolution.
1945 – US & Philippine forces recaptures Corregidor.
1955 – Elvis Presley makes his 1st TV appearance on a broadcast of radio show “Louisiana Hayride”
1956 – 3rd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest, 76-64.
1960 – 9th largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5″)
1965 – The Temptations’ “My Girl” reaches #1.
1966 – Twister hits Jackson Mississippi: 3 minutes after 1st sighting, 57 die.
1972 – Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
1979 – 26th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke, 71-63.
1985 – Bill Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million.
1994 – “Damn Yankees” opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 510 performances.
1998 – Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee about Microsoft’s dominant in the software industry.
2010 – “Alice in Wonderland”, inspired by Lewis Carroll directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska is released.
2019 – SpaceX’s Dragon capsule successfully docks with the International Space Station during its demonstration run.