1780 – John Hancock becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts.
1870 – Postcards first used in USA.
1906 – US inventor Lee de Forest patents “Audion”, a 3-diode amplification valve which proved a pioneering development in radio & broadcasting.
1923 – Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal.
1929 – Former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall convicted of accepting $100,000 bribe in the Teapot scandal – 1st US Cabinet member to go to jail.
1937 – Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees.
1951 – Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjom.
1955 – Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1955 – Tappan sells 1st microwave oven.
1960 – 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC.
1960 – Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses.
1962 – US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson demands USSR UN rep Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying “I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over”
1971 – United Nations votes to expel the Chinese Nationalist ruled Taiwan and the Communist People’s Republic of China.
1974 – US Air Force fires 1st ICBM.
1976 – Governor Wallace grants full pardon to Clarence Norris, last known survivor of 9 Scottsboro Boys who were convicted in 1931 rape.
1984 – “Give My Regards to Broad Street” premiers (Gotham Theater-NYC)
1994 – Susan Smith claims her 2 children were carjacked (she actually killed them)
2001 – Windows XP first becomes available.
2004 – Fidel Castro, Cuba’s President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned by November 8.
2018 – Google says it has fired 48 people for sexual harassment after New York Times reveals Android creator Andy Rubin was let go for sexual harassment.
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