1851 – 1st Hawaiian stamps issued.
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.
1885 – Special delivery mail service begins in US.
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.
1937 – Pullman Co 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.
1948 – California Supreme Court voids state statute banning interracial marriages.
1955 – “Honeymooners” premieres.
1957 – First appearance of “In God We Trust” on U.S. paper currency.
1962 – The Lucy Show premieres.
1974 – Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington, D.C.
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.
2017 – Stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, injuring 489, at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
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