1565 – 1st permanent European settlement in the US founded at St. Augustine, Florida.
1858 – Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech “You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all of the people all the time.”
1883 – Northern Pacific railroad’s last spike driven at Independence Creek, Montana.
1892 – 1st appearance of “Pledge of Allegiance” (Youth’s Companion)
1900 – 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas.
1916 – US President Woodrow Wilson signs the Emergency Revenue Act, doubling the rate of income tax and adding inheritance and munitions profit tax.
1930 – 1st appearance of comic strip “Blondie”
1930 – Richard Drew creates Scotch tape.
1934 – Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle bound for NJ catches fire, 133 die.
1939 – FDR declares “limited national emergency” due to war in Europe.
1945 – US invades Japanese-held Korea.
1946 – Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (NC) (CPL) strikes out minors record 456.
1957 – Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single, “Reet Petite”
1965 – Kansas City A’s Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game.
1971 – John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington, D.C.
1974 – US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes.
1974 – Evil Knievel attempts to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho but fails, escaping with minor injuries.
1985 – “USA Weekend’s” 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers.
1986 – “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is first broadcast nationally.
1994 – USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pitts Airport, killing all 132 on board.
2015 – Pope Francis announces moves to streamline the annulment process within the Catholic Church.
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