1829 – Tremont Hotel, 1st US modern hotel opens (Boston).
1848 – 1st US homeopathic medical college opens in Philadelphia.
1859 – John Brown leads 21 in raid on federal arsenal, Harper’s Ferry, Va.
1861 – Confederacy starts selling postage stamps.
1869 – Hotel in Boston becomes 1st to have indoor plumbing.
1875 – Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.
1909 – Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1916 – Margaret Sanger opens 1st birth control clinic (46 Amboy St. Brooklyn, NY)
1923 – Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio founded.
1940 – Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st.
1949 – 1st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Red Byron wins.
1962 – Cuban missile crisis begins as JFK becomes aware of missiles in Cuba.
1972 – Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up.
1976 – Soyuz 23 returns to earth.
1980 – “Brigadoon” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 133 performances.
1984 – Baboon heat transplanted into a 15-day-old baby girl.
1986 – US government shuts down due to disputes between President Reagan and the House.
1992 – 1,700th David Letterman Show.
1995 – Million Man March held in Washington, D.C. (over 830,000 African American men attend).
2013 – The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a bi-partisan deal in the Senate.
2014 – MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1.
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