1859 – George Simpson patents electric range.
1870 – Mayor William Tweed accused of robbing NY treasury.
1873 – Panic sweeps NY Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure). NY shut down banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal.
1877 – Chase National Bank opens in NYC (later merges into Chase Manhattan)
1891 – The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.
1904 – Orville & Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II.
1931 – Lou Gehrig’s 4 RBIs break his old RBI mark of 175 en route to 184.
1951 – 1st North Pole jet crossing.
1954 – 1st FORTRAN computer program run.
1961 – James Meredith refused access as a student in Mississippi.
1963 – JFK proposes a joint US-Soviet voyage to the moon.
1968 – Mickey Mantle hits final career homer #536.
1969 – Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” hits #1.
1973 – Willie Mays announces retirement at end of 1973 season.
1976 – Playboy releases Jimmy Carter’s interview that he lusts for women.
1979 – Lee Lacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1984 – “Cosby Show” premieres on NBC-TV.
1994 – Space shuttle STS-64 (Discovery 20), lands.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a “war on terror”.
2011 – The United States ends its “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
2013 – Alex Rodriquez sets new MLB record with 24 Grand Slam home runs for the New York Yankees.
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