1749 – English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post.
1783 – General George Washington, later 1st US President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War.
1854 – Cobblestone paving of Washington Street between Dupont & Kearny starts.
1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1915 – First US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio.
1920 – Warren G. Harding elected 29th US President.
1931 – Warren, Dixon & Young’s musical “Laugh Parade” premieres in NYC.
1944 – US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald.
1948 – US President Harry Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas E. Dewey.
1950 – The Clover Dairy Company test-market the first concentrated milk (Sealtest) in the U.S. in Wilmington, Delaware.
1955 – Clarton-Schwerdt & Shaffer discover polio virus.
1959 – Charles Van Doren confesses that TV quiz show “21” was fixed.
1960 – Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222.
1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US.
1976 – Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for US President.
1983 – US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
1984 – Velma Barfield (NC) becomes first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
1993 – Dow Jones hits record 3697.64.
2000 – The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
2016 – MLB World Series: Chicago Cubs defeat Cleveland Indians in game 7, 8-7 1st Cubs series win for 108 years.
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