1753 – 1st steam engine arrives in north American colonies.
1776 – Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (Was the United Colonies)
1850 – Territories of New Mexico & Utah created.
1862 – Robert E. Lee splits his army & sends Jackson to capture Harpers Ferry.
1904 – Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports “Yankees take 2,” Yankee name not official until 1913.
1908 – Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hour airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va.
1915 – Association for study of Negro Life & History forms by Carter G. Woodson.
1926 – National Broadcasting Company created by Radio Corporation of America.
1934 – G. Kaufman & M. Hart’s “Merrily We Roll Along” premieres in NYC.
1942 – 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes.
1951 – 1st broadcast of “Love of Life” on CBS-TV.
1957 – “Diana” by Paul Anka reaches #1.
1957 – US President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction.
1963 – Alabama Governor George Wallace served a federal injunction to stop orders of state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools.
1969 – Alleghany Airlines flight 853 collides with a Piper Cherokee above Indiana, kills all 83 occupants.
1977 – 1st TRS-80 computer sold.
1987 – Gary Hart admits on “Nightline” to cheating on his wife.
1994 – Space shuttle STS 64 (Discovery 20) launches into orbit.
2002 – Pitcher Randy Johnson reaches 300 strikeouts for the fifth consecutive season, extending his major league record.
2015 – Apple unveils the iPad Pro and iPhone 6S in San Francisco.
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