1786 – Earliest 32 degree (F) recorded temp in NYC.
1789 – 1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England.
1846 – Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether.
1874 – Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force.
1878 – Edison Electric Light Company incorporated.
1919 – 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vermont to Massachusetts for $1,000 prize money.
1924 – US President Calvin Coolidge declares Statute of Liberty a national monument.
1937 – Ernest Hemingway novel “To Have & Have Not” published.
1939 – LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC.
1949 – Billy Graham begins he ministry.
1951 – “I Love Lucy”, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada.
1966 – LBJ signs a bill creating US Department of Transportation.
1976 – 1st debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) and Dole (R).
1977 – Debbie Boone’s “You Light Up My Life” goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks.
1984 – Central Intelligence Agency Information Act (CIA) passes.
1992 – NYC Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train.
1995 – Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15.
2011 – Legoland Florida (the world’s largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida.
2016 – A week ago today, (October 7) Hurricane Mathew, devastated much of eastern North Carolina.
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