1639 – 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington, Deleware)
1760 – NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine.
1793 – Washington supersedes Philadelphia as US capital.
1809 – 1st US steamboat to make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia.
1847 – Chicago Tribune begins publishing.
1854 – The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1869 – ‘Agnes’ arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef.
1902 – Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan.
1905 – 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me.
1924 – 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland.
1932 – 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince’s England.
1933 – John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10,600.
1943 – FDR signs withholding tax bill into law.
1944 – Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds is youngest player in major league.
1963 – US President JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women.
1972 – Elvis Presley records a live album at NYC’s Madison Square Garden.
1977 – Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computer.
1985 – Coca Cola announces they’d bring back their 99-year-old formula.
1996 – Intel releases 200 mhz Pentium chip.
2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
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