1789 – First presidential tour-George Washington in New England.
1846 – Dr William Green Morton 1st public use of ether.
1878 – Edison Electric Light Company incorporated.
1883 – Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional.
1919 – 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vermont to Massachusetts for $1000 prize money.
1924 – US President Calving Coolidge declares Statute of Liberty a national monument.
1933 – 20th Amendment to the US Constitution goes into effect President term begins in January not March.
1939 – LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC.
1952 – Arthur Laurent’s “Time of the Cuckoo” premieres in NYC.
1952 – “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams is published by Harper & Brothers.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada.
1956 – First plane to land safely on water – Pan Am Flight 6 San Francisco to Honolulu, all 24 passengers and 7 crew survive.
1959 – “Untouchables” premieres.
1966 – LBJ signs a bill creating US Department of Transportation.
1969 – Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war.
1976 – 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees, Mondale (D) vs Dole (R).
1983 – US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport.
1991 – Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48).
1997 – Former US Representative Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud.
2003 – The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
2011 – Legoland Florida (the world’s largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida
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