1632 – Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore fights to Chesapeake Bay area.
1782 – Congress approves Great Seal of US & eagle as it’s symbol.
1819 – 320 ton Savannah becomes 1st steamship to cross any ocean (Atlantic)
1840 – Samuel Morse patents his telegraph.
1863 – 1st bank chartered in US (National Bank of Davenport, Iowa)
1864 – Battle of Kinston, NC & Battle of Abingdon, Va.
1867 – US President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska.
1895 – 1st female PhD from an American University, earned by Caroline Willard Baldwin (in science) at Cornell University.
1901 – Charlotte Manye is 1st native African American to graduate from a US college.
1911 – NAACP incorporates(NY)
1940 – Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1944 – US attacks Japanese fleet in Philippines Sea.
1949 – Central Intelligence Agency Act passes.
1963 – US & USSR agree to set up “Hot Line”
1970 – “Ray Stevens Show” debuts on NBC-TV.
1980 – “Blues Brothers” with Dan Akwoyd & John Belushi opens in 594 theaters.
1982 – Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz)
1994 – OJ Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.
1999 – 99th US Golf Open: Payne Stewart shoots a 279 at Pinehurst CC.
2013 – LeBron James is named NBA finals MVP for the second straight year.
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