1691 – New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth.
1787 – Boston blacks, petition legislature for equal school facilities.
1829 – Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opens.
1885 – Baseball sets all player salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season.
1904 – Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors.
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created.
1931 – American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion, sentenced to 11 years in prison.
1933 – Albert Einstein arrives in US, a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1939 – “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur, is released.
1941 – 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland.
1955 – Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel.
1960 – US & Britain sign accord for nuclear sub bases.
1967 – “Hair” premieres on Broadway.
1972 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-A-Ling” is #1.
1979 – US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating Department of Education.
1986 – US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982.
1992 – 1st World Series with a non-US team, Toronto loses 3-1 to Braves.
2005 – “The Colbert Report”, hosted by Stephen Colbert first airs on US TV.
2006 – The United States population reaches 300 million.
2012 – Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal.
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