1733 – James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina.
1794 – Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes.
1854 – Anthony Foss patents the accordion.
1888 – National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C.
1913 – Delta Sigma Theta, the world’s largest Black Women’s Sorority is founded at Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1920 – NY Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly.
1928 – RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York allowing American inventor E.F.W. Alexanderson to demonstrate the first home television receiver which delivered a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture.
1930 – “Mickey Mouse” comic strip 1st appears.
1942 – Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies.
1949 – “Along 5th Avenue” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances.
1957 – Wham-O-company produces the 1st Frisbee.
1962 – Wilt Chamberlain of Warriors scores then NBA-record 73 points vs Chicago.
1975 – Henry Kissinger hints at military action against oil countries in case of “actual strangulation of the industrialized world” in the wake of oil shock.
1979 – Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam.
1982 – Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St. Bridge in Washington, DC & falls into Potomac River, killing 78.
1984 – TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV.
1990 – 1st elected African American Governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
1995 – America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America’s Cup race.
2000 – Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position.
2016 – Record Powerball lottery held in America – $1.6 billion, (3 winning tickets).
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