1800 – Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty.
1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American System of Watch Manufacturing.
1868 – “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston.
1890 – Congress creates Weather Bureau.
1907 – A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar; US President Theodore Roosevelt will be forced to call on financier J.P. Morgan to help manage the financial crisis.
1908 – Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
1926 – An oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye, but he used the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.
1931 – The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
1937 – Pullman Company formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
1942 – Little Golden Books (children’s books) begins publishing.
1947 – The F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
1955 – “Honeymooners” premieres.
1958 – First appearance of “In God We Trust” on U.S. paper currency.
1962 – James Meredith becomes the 1st black student at the University of Mississippi.
1974 – Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington, D.C.
1981 – US’s largest private investment bank Salomon Brothers sold to commodities trader Phibro Corporation for $483 million.
1982 – EPCOT Center opens in Orlando, Florida.
1992 – Ross Perot re-enters US presidential race.
2013 – A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreement over operational spending.
2018 – The United States, Mexico and Canada agree to a new trade deal to replace NAFTA.
2018 – More than 80,000 American died of the flu during 2017-2018 winter, highest in ten years, according to US health officials.
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