1761 – 1st life insurance policy in North America issued in Philadelphia.
1803 – 1st public library opens (Connecticut)
1807 – Former VP Aaron Burr is tried for treason in Richmond, Virginia (acquitted)
1807 – Townsend Speakman 1st sells fruit-flavored carbonated drinks (Philadelphia)
1843 – 1st wagon train with700 – 1000 migrants, departs Independence, Missouri for Oregon.
1849 – Abraham Lincoln receives a patent (only US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
1856 – Violence in the US Senate, SC Rep. Brooks used a cane on Mass. Senator Sumner.
1868 – Train robbery at Marshfield, Indiana by the Reno Brothers Gang, who make off with $98,000.
1892 – Dr. Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube.
1900 – Associated Press organizes in NYC as non-profit news cooperative.
1906 – Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane.
1926 – “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue” by Gene Austin hits #1.
1931 – Canned rattlesnake meat 1st goes on sale in Florida.
1938 – Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field.
1943 – 1st jet fighter is tested.
1945 – 6th US Marine division reaches suburbs of Naha Okinawa.
1956 – “Bob Hope Show” last airs on NBC-TV.
1961 – “Mother-In-Law” by Ernie K-Doe hits #1.
1973 – President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up.
1990 – Windows releases Windows 3.0.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: a federal judge rules that United States Secret Service agents can be compelled to testify before a grand jury concerning the scandal, involving President Bill Clinton.
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