1773 – Benjamin Franklin writes “There never was a good war or bad peace”
1789 – Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury.
1883 – James Cutler patents postal mail chute.
1912 – Philadelphia A’s Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game.
1935 – US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year.
1941 – Construction of the Pentagon begins (completed 15 January 1943)
1950 – “Beetle Bailey” comic strip debuts.
1954 – 1st Miss America TV broadcast.
1956 – Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for HRs (236) by a catcher.
1959 – Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans.
1970 – The Ford Pinto is introduced.
1977 – 29th Emmy Awards: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O’Conner & Bea Arthur win.
1986 – Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 127.57 million shares traded.
1998 – Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
2001 – Two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists crash into New York’s World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and death of 2,752 people.
2001 – Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board.
2002 – Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
2012 – The US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is stormed, looted and burned down, killing five people, including the US ambassador.
2012 – The US is warned by Moody’s that its AAA credit rating is at risk if lawmakers fail to produce a long-term debt reduction plan.
2015 – Ex-Governor of Texas, Rick Perry becomes the first candidate to drop out of race for the Republican nomination.
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