1630 – Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston.
1782 – Great seal of the United States of America used for the first time.
1858 – 1st overland mail for California.
1908 – Carriage-maker, William C. Durant, founds General Motors in Flint, Michigan.
1915 – US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years.
1919 – American Legion incorporated by an act of US Congress.
1920 – The “Wall Street bombing” occurs at 12:01 when a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York, killing 38 and injuring 143.
1928 – Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee, Florida; 3,000 die.
1931 – Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
1940 – FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1940 – Samuel T Rayburn of Texas elected speaker of US House of Representatives.
1955 – US Auto Club forms to oversee four major auto racing categories.
1960 – Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98.
1968 – Richard Nixon appears on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in”
1974 – US President Gerald Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters.
1976 – American Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priest & bishop.
1979 – Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium.
1990 – Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George H.W. Bush.
1991 – Atlanta’s Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine.
1997 – Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs interim CEO.
2012 – Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, seeks a court order to resolve a week long teachers strike.