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.
1917 – US Senate introduces the Cloture Rule, requiring a two-thirds majority to end debate, at the urging of Woodrow Wilson.
1927 – Pan American Airlines incorporates.
1930 – Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with NY Yankees GM Ed Burrow, wrongly predicts “No one will ever be paid more than Ruth”
1936 – The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1944 – US resumes bombing Berlin.
1948 – US Supreme Court rules in McCollum v Board of Education that religious instruction in public school is unconstitutional.
1953 – Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years.
1965 – First US combat forces arrive in Vietnam, on the beaches of Da Nang.
1972 – 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp.
1980 – 6th People’s Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Carol Burnett win (TV).
1983 – President Reagan 1st known use of term “Evil Empire” (about USSR) in speech in Florida.
1991 – Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists & 2 American soldiers it captured.
1998 – 45th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #4 North Carolina beats #1 Duke, 83-68.
1999 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2018 – US President Donald Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminum, excluding Canada and Mexico.
2020 – America registers 521 cases of COVID-19 with 21 deaths across 33 states.
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