1691 – New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth.
1904 – Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors.
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created as subsidiary of General Electric.
1933 – Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1941 – USS Kearney becomes the 1st US destroyer torpedoed in World Wide II, while the country is still neutral.
1954 – Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes from 7 touchdowns vs Washington (49-21)
1955 – Lee Meriwether joins Today Show.
1960 – US & Britain sign accord for nuclear submarine bases.
1962 – Yanks beat Giants for 20th world championship.
1967 – “Hair” premiers on Broadway.
1969 – NY Nets move from Comack to Island Garden, Hempstead NY.
1971 – Cleveland Metroparks’ Rocky River Nature Center opens.
1972 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling,” is #1.
1975 – 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Mississippi.
1978 – President Jimmy Carter signs bill restoring US citizenship to Jefferson Davis.
1986 – US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982.
1987 – US First Lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy.
1988 – Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft.
2006 – The United States population reaches 300 million.
2012 – Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal.
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