1683 – William Penn signs friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania; only treaty “not sworn to, nor broken”
1784 – 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edward Warren)
1810 – John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co (Astoria, Oregon)
1868 – Christopher Latham Soles patents the “Type-writer”
1888 – Fredrick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for US President.
1908 – The USA suspends diplomatic relationships with Venezuela after the refusal of Cipriano Castro’s government to compensate Americans for injuries suffered in the uprising of 1899.
1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA.
1933 – Don McNeill’s Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 1/2 year run on NBC.
1938 – Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium.
1949 – First twelve women graduate from Harvard Medical School.
1960 – “Pat Boone Show” last airs on ABC-TV.
1960 – Japan signs security treaty with the US.
1969 – Warren E Burger sworn in as US Supreme Court Chief Justice.
1972 – President Nixon & his Chief of Staff H.R. Halderman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate.
1979 – Charlie Daniels Band releases “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
1983 – US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions.
1986 – Tip O’Neill refuses to let President Reagan address House.
1988 – Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft.
1989 – Movie “Batman” premieres.
2014 – Claude Monet’s Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million.
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