1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts if founded.
1913 – “Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post of New York.
1860 – Excursion steamer “Lady Elgin” drowns 340 in Lake Michigan.
1888 – Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York.
1915 – Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)
1916 – Workmen’s Compensation Act passed by Congress.
1936 – Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation.
1943 – Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas)
1948 – 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio.
1954 – Integration begins in Washington, D.C. & Baltimore, MD public schools.
1963 – American Bandstand moves to California, & airs once a week on Saturday.
1963 – Two-building Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is officially opened.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Mississippi & Louisiana.
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter and Panama’s General Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, guaranteeing Panama control of the Panama Canal after 1999.
1984 – Met Dwight Gooden’s 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236.
1988 – Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws.
2001 – The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron’s bid to buy Texaco.
2008 – US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2017 – Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax reports earlier cyberattack could affect 143 million Americans.
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