1789—John Harris of Boston, Mass., builds 1st spinet piano.
1789—1st loan is made to pay salaries of the president and Congress.
1793—US President George Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol building.
1842—1st edition of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, published.
1848—Baseball rules 1st baseman can tag base for out instead of runner.
1851—New York Times starts publishing (2 cents a copy)
1881—Chicago Tribune reports on a televideo experiment.
1895—Booker T. Washington delivers ‘Atlanta Compromise’ address.
1895—Daniel David Palmer of Davenport, Iowa gives the first chiropractic adjustment.
1909—Largest paid baseball attendance (35,409), A’s beat Tigers, 2-0 in Detroit.
1929—The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air, with 18 stations (and WOR as NYC affiliate)
1938—Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 2-0.
1947—US Air Force forms.
1962—Bob Aspromonte sets NL 3rd baseman record of 57 consecutive errorless games.
1964—“The Addams Family”, starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ted Cassidy, and Jackie Coogan, premieres on ABC.
1969—Tiny Tim & Miss Vicky get engaged.
1972—1st black NL umpire (Art Williams–Los Angeles vs San Diego)
1985—“Song & Dance” opens at Royale Theater NYC for 474 performances.
1994—Ken Burn’s “Baseball” premieres on PBS.
1997—Ted Turner gives $1 billion to UN.
1998—Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICACC) is formed.
2001—First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2009—The 72 year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
2014—Emma Watson delivers an address to a standing ovation at UN Headquarters in New York City, helping launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate for gender equality.
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