1789 – US Treasury Department established by Congress.
1798 – First bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821 at Carpenter’s Hall, Philadelphia.
1864 – Union General William T. Sherman captures and burns Atlanta during US Civil War.
1897 – “McCall” magazine first published.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt advises “Speak softly & carry a big stick”
1914 – The US Treasury Department establishes the Bureau of War Risk Insurance to provide up to $5 million worth of insurance for merchant ships and their crews.
1924 – Rudolf Friml’s “Rose Marie” opens to rave reviews in NYC.
1930 – 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs.)
1935 – A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423.
1940 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated.
1952 – Dr. Floyd J. Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery.
1954 – WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1963 – Alabama Governor George Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee High School.
1969 – The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.
1979 – 79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O’Meara.
1979 – “I Remember Mama” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 performances.
1987 – Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan.
1991 – “Ropin’ the Wind” 3rd studio album by Garth Brooks is released.
2015 – Earth’s trees number just over 3 trillion according to study in “Nature” by Thomas Crowther of Yale University.
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