1623 – 1st breach-of-promise lawsuit: Rev. Gerville Pooley, Va. files against Cicely Jordan, he loses.
1642 – 1st compulsory education law in America passed in Massachusetts.
1777 – US Continental Congress adopts the Stars & Stripes replacing the Grand Union flag.
1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont.
1881 – Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass)
1901 – 1st golf championship is played.
1922 – 5th PGA Championship: Gene Sarazen at Oakmont CC, Oakmont, Pa.
1923 – Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1941 – Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 1) Wichita, Ks.
1942 – Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi”, based on the book by Felix Salten, is released.
1946 – Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” for the first time.
1951 – 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau.
1954 – President Eisenhower signs order adding words “under God” to the Pledge.
1967 – “Steve Allen Show” premieres on CBS-TV.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies.
1984 – Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members.
1989 – Groundbreaking begins on Minnesota on world’s largest mall.
1996 – “Cable Guy” starring Jim Carey is released.
2013 – The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property.
2015 – “Jurassic World”, 1st film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend.
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