1819 – 1st steam propelled vessel to cross Atlantic (Savannah leaves Georgia)
1849 – Abraham Lincoln receives a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
1892 – Dr. Washington Sheffield invents the toothpaste tube.
1906 – Wright Brothers are granted a patent for their “flying machine”, having applied for one 3 years earlier (patent no. 821,393)
1926 – “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” by Gene Austin hits #1.
1931 – Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida.
1938 – Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field.
1942 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee disbands, and a new trade union, the United Steelworkers, is formed.
1956 – “Bob Hope Show” last airs on NBC-TV.
1961 – “Mother-In-Law” by Ernie K-Doe hits #1.
1964 – LBJ presents “Great Society”
1973 – President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up.
1985 – Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader.
1990 – Microsoft releases Windows 3.0.
1992 – Johnny Carson’s final appearance as host of “The Tonight Show”
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
2011 – An EF5 Tornado strikes the US city of Joplin, Missouri killing at least 158 people, the single deadliest US tornado since modern record-keeping began in 1950.
2018 – New York Stock Exchange announces Stacey Cunningham will be its first woman head in its 226-year history.
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