1639 – First post office in the colonies is set up in Massachusetts.
1773 – John Hancock is elected as moderator at a Boston town meeting that resolves that anyone who supports the Tea Act is an “Enemy to America”
1781 – John Hanson elected first “President of US in Congress assembled”
1895 – 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car.
1911 – Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept. 17)
1917 – Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time.
1930 – 3rd Academy Awards: “All Quiet on the Western Front”, George Arliss & Norma Shearer win.
1935 – Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly.
1940 – US President FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Wilkie (R)
1946 – John F. Kennedy (D, Mass) elected to US House of Representatives.
1956 – The Nat King Cole Show debuts on NBC, the first variety program to be hosted by an African-American.
1966 – Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 gained.
1968 – Richard Nixon (R) beats Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D) and George Wallace (I) in U.S. Presidential election.
1974 – Ella Grasso (Ct) elected first woman US governor not related to previous governor.
1978 – Oakland Raider’s John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games.
1985 – CBS premiere of TV made Lucille Ball drama “Stone Pillow”
1992 – Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to win Chess title in Belgrade.
1996 – Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter is the unanimous choice as AL Rookie of the Year.
2003 – 37th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins.
2009 – US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
2015 – Collins Dictionary name “binge-watch” the word of the year, followed by “transgender”
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