1896 – Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female state senator in the US.
1900 – First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1917 – 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce.
1930 – Bank of Italy renamed Bank of America.
1936 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins a second term in office, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon in the most lopsided election in American history in terms of electoral vote.
1944 – US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald.
1952 – Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas.
1956 – 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” televised for 1st time – hosted by Bert Lahr and 10 year old Liza Minnelli, as the finale of the Ford Star Jubilee series (CBS)
1962 – San Francisco Warriors center Wilt Chamberlain scores 72 points in 127-115 defeat to LA Memorial Sports arena; then 4th-highest point total in NBA history, remains 6th highest game total.
1963 – Joe Weatherly finishes 7th in the season ending Golden State 400 at Riverside International Raceway, retains NASCAR Sprint Cup by 2,228 points from 14-time winner Richard Petty..
1970 – US President Richard Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam.
1978 – First broadcast of “Different Strokes” on NBC-TV.
1979 – Five people mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Greensboro, NC.
1987 – On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56.
1992 – “I Will Always Love You” (Dolly Parton cover) single released by Whitney Houston (Billboard Song of the Year1893)
2009 – 23rd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Charlie Wilson & Chaka Khan win.
2014 – New York’s 104-story One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks.
2021 – US begins vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 years with a lower dose of the Phizer-COVID-19 vaccine.
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