1784 – 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia.
1890 – W. B. Purvis patents fountain pen.
1914 – 1st steamboat passes through Panama Canal.
1923 – Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan.
1927 – Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois)
1929 – “Tarzan”, one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears.
1944 – US Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59.
1950 – Hank Snow’s 1st appearance on “Grand Ole Opry”
1953 – US President Harry Truman announces American development of the hydrogen bomb.
1959 – US recognizes Fidel Castro’s Cuban government.
1963 – 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.
1969 – US Congress doubles president salary.
1980 – American President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation to bail out the Chrysler Corporation with a $1.5 billion dollar loan.
1985 – “King and I” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances.
1985 – Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
1986 – US President Reagan announces economic sanctions against Libya.
1991 – Saddam Hussein prepares his troops for what he says will be a long violet war against the US.
1998 – Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signs affidavit denying she had an affair with President Bill Clinton.
1999 – Impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton begins in the US Senate.
2007 – Phil Jackson wins his 900th game as a head coach, becoming the fastest coach to reach 900 career wins.
2015 – 41st People’s Choice Awards: Robert Downey & Jennifer Lawrence win (movie star), Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pomero (TV dramatic)
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