1602 – Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold.
1672 – 1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.
1829 – Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith.
1862 – US Department of Agriculture created.
1902 – Lyman Gilmore is 1st person to fly a powered craft.
1928 – Mickey Mouse made his 1st ever appearance in silent film “Plane Crazy”
1934 – US Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Dillinger, dead or alive.
1940 – McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
1942 – Gasoline 1st rationed in US (17 eastern states)
1951 – AT&T is 1st US company to have one million stockholders.
1953 – Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago.
1957 – 18,000 people at Madison Square Garden – Billy Graham launched a crusade.
1960 – Taxes took 25% of earnings in US.
1963 – Peter, Paul & Mary win their 1st Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1968 – Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host.
1989 – Maxwell House coffee runs ads during “Roe vs Wade” movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers.
1992 – NY department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores.
1997 – ABC News & Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com.
2007 – 42nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win.
2008 – Carolina becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state’s own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
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