1644 – Massachusetts establishes 1st two-chamber legislature in colonies.
1801 – Massachusetts enacts 1st state voter registration law.
1854 – Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone.
1887 – North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.
1908 – Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles”
1918 – President Wilson authorizes US Army’s Distinguished Service Medal.
1933 – Game of “Monopoly” invented.
1939 – Glamour magazine begins publishing.
1939 – Guy Lombardo & Royal Canadians 1st record “Auld Lang Syne”
1946 – “Three to Make Ready” opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 323 performances.
1955 – 7th Emmy Awards: Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young win.
1964 – 11th Men’s Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 80-59.
1974 – “Monitor” (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, NC.
1982 – NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time.
1987 – Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1996 – Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
2011 – Charlie Sheen is fired from the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men”
2016 – Peyton Manning announces his retirement from the Denver Broncos and the NFL.
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