1630 – 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston).
1790 – Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington.
1841 – Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones).
1871 – William Holden of NC becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment.
1882 – Edmunds Act adopted by the US to suppress polygamy, 1300 men later imprisoned under the act.
1903 – Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought.
1914 – World’s 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins.
1933 – FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal.
1935 – Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (NY).
1944 – American movie star Jimmy Stewart flies his 12th combat mission, leading the 2nd Bomb Wing in an attack on Berlin.
1954 – 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.
1956 – Musical “Mr. Wonderful” with Sammy Davis, Jr., premieres in NYC.
1964 – Barbara Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section.
1968 – Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone.
1972 – Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified).
1978 – Karl Wallenda of the ‘Flying Wallendas’ dies after falling off a tight-rope between hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1987 – Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
1988 – Congress overrides Reagan’s veto of sweeping civil rights bill.
1993 – Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+MIPS.
2011 – Lawrence Taylor pleads guilty for misdemeanors of sexual misconduct and is sentenced to six years probation.
2014 – 30 people are killed by a mudslide in Oso, Washington.
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