1726 – Benjamin Franklin returns to Philadelphia from England.
1868 – Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine.
1881 – David Houston patents roll film for cameras.
1887 – A. Miles patents elevator.
1890 – Daughters of American Revolution founded.
1922 – First woman FBI “special investigator” appointed (Alaska Davidson).
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1939 – Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb.
1950 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS.
1962 – 1st appearance of a Gabor sister on Merv Griffin Show.
1971 – Frank McGee becomes news anchor of Today Show.
1974 – A’s Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract.
1975 – “Saturday Night Live” premieres on NBC with George Carlin as host.
1981 – Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum.
1983 – Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial.
1984 – 1st space walk by US woman (Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan).
1990 – Oil hit a record $40.42 per barrel.
1991 – Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart seen soliciting a prostitute.
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2012 – A US appeal court overturns a district court ruling banning the sale of Samsung.
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