1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.
1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, 16 years after legislators 1st introduced a federal women’s suffrage amendment.
1913 – Internal Revenue Service begins to levy & collect income taxes.
1930 – Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $100,000 with NY Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts “No one will ever be paid more than Ruth”
1934 – Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars.
1936 – The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1941 – 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies)
1944 – US resumes bombing Berlin.
1946 – 1st helicopter licensed for commercial use (NYC)
1948 – US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public schools is unconstitutional.
1953 – Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years.
1958 – William Faulkner says US school degenerated to become babysitters.
1965 – First US combat forces arrive in Vietnam, on the beaches of Da Nang.
1972 – First flight of the Goodyear blimp.
1983 – President Reagan 1st known use of term “Evil Empire” (about the USSR) in speech in Florida.
1987 – 34th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats North Carolina, 68-67.
1994 – US Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces.
2012 – Toyota recalls 700,000 vehicles over safety concerns.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries.
2018 – US President Donald Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminum, excluding Canada and Mexico.
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