1664 – New Jersey becomes an English colony.
1775 – 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine.
1868 – US Congress abolishes manufacturer’s tax.
1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1904 – Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund.
1919 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Augustus Does His Bit” premieres in NYC.
1933 – FDR conducts his 1st “fireside chat”
1945 – NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment.
1947 – President Harry Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism.
1956 – Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)
1964 – Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years.
1970 – US lowers voting age from 21 to 18.
1980 – Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago.
1987 – Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North.
1989 – 36th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke, 77-74.
1990 – LA Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland.
1991 – 5th Soul Train Music Awards: Johnny Gill, Mariah Carey win.
1998 – “Sound of Music,” opens at Martin Beck Theater in NYC.
2012 – China records its highest trade deficit in over a decade.
2014 – 8 people are killed, 70 are injured, & 2 buildings are leveled by a gas explosion in East Harlem, New York.
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