1789 – George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1835 – Battle of Gonzales fought between Texan settlers and Mexican forces. First engagement of the Texas revolution.
1866 – J. Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener.
1871 – Brigham Young, Mormon leader, arrested for bigamy.
1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during great silver boom of the American Old West.
1895 – 1st cartoon comic strip is printed in newspaper.
1902 – Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” is published by Fredrick Warne & Co. in London.
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1932 – NY Yankees sweep Chicago Cubs in World Series.
1942 – “Queen Mary” slices cruiser “Curacao” in half, killing 338.
1950 – 1st strip of Charlie Brown, “Li’l Folks”, later “Peanuts”, by Charles M. Schultz publishes in 9 newspapers.
1953 – “Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)” opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances.
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premieres on CBS television in the US.
1957 – “The Bridge on the River Kwai”, directed by David Lean and starring William Holden and Alec Guinness, is released (Best Picture 1958).
1967 – Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice.
1974 – Hank Aaron’s 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat.
1990 – US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter’s appointment to Supreme Court.
2001 – NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts committed suicide.
2013 – 8 people are killed and 14 are injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
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