1657 – First autopsy & coroner’s jury verdict is recorded in Maryland.
1789 – US Congress establishes Post Office Department following the new constitution.
1789 – US Federal Judiciary Act is passed & creates a six-person Supreme Court.
1924 – Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport.
1928 – Cohan/Lardner’s musical “Elmer the Great” premieres in NYC.
1929 – Lt. James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell field in NY in 1st all-time instrument flight.
1946 – Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1952 – American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” {Kentucky Fried Chicken} opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1954 – Tonight Show premieres on NBC.
1957 – “Jailhouse Rock” single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
1958 – Donna Reed Show premieres on ABC.
1964 – 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested.
1968 – “60 Minutes” premieres on CBS-TV.
1975 – OPEC announces a 15% increase in government per barrel revenues.
1976 – “Oh! Calcutta!” opens at Edison Theater NYC for 5,959 performances.
1985 – Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees.
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2010 – “The Social Network” directed by David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake premieres at the New York Film Festival.