1768 – John Hancock pays duties on 25 pipes of wind, only one fourth of his ship’s carrying capacity. British officials accuse him of unloading the rest during the night to avoid paying duties on the entire cargo.
1862 – US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis, Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island.
1899 – John Burr patents an improved rotary blade mower in the US.
1901 – A financial panic begins in the USA following the struggle between two groups to control the railroads between the Great Lakes and the Pacific.
1926 – 1st flight over the North Pole claimed by Richard E. Byrd and co-pilot Floyd Bennett. Later discovery of Byrd’s diary suggests they may have turned back 150 miles short of the pole due to an oil leak.
1944 – Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes Governor of Louisiana.
1944 – 1st eye bank opens in New York.
1945 – World War II: Hermann Goering is captured by the United States Army.
1960 – US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.
1961 – FCC Chairman Newton N Minow criticizes TV as a “vast wasteland”
1964 – Peter & Gordon release “World Without Love”
1971 – 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman & Jean Stapleton win.
1974 – US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.
1978 – “Ain’t Misbehavin” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 performances.
1980 – 35 motorist dies as a Liberian freighter rams a Tampa Bay Bridge.
1991 – Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer.
1997 – San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones.
1995 – Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched.
2012 – Mark Rothko’s “Orange, Red, Yellow” becomes the most expensive contemporary art piece to be sold at auction for $86.9 million dollars.
2017 – US President Donald Trump dismisses FBI Director James Comey.
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