1673 – Regular mail delivery begins between NY & Boston.
1776 – Gen. George Washington hoists Continental Union Flag.
1797 – Albany replaces NYC as capital of NY.
1818 – Official reopening of the White House.
1842 – 1st illustrated weekly magazine in US publishes 1st issue, NYC.
1861 – President-elect of the United States Abraham Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful (US Civil War).
1862 – 1st US income tax (3% of incomes> $600, 5% of incomes> $10,000)
1886 – 1st Tournament of Roses (Pasadena, California)
1898 – Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY.
1905 – 9 hour work day for diamond miners.
1919 – Edsel Ford succeeds his father, Henry Ford, as president of the Ford Motor Company.
1928 – 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio.
1936 – 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, NY Herald Tribune.
1942 – 28th Rose Bowl: #12 Oregon State beats #2 Duke, 20-16 (played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat)
1947 – 13th Sugar Bowl: #3 Georgia beats #9 North Carolina, 20-10.
1960 – Johnny Cash plays first of many free concerts behind bars.
1971 – Cigarette advertisements banned on TV.
1983 – PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour.
1996 – After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin.
2008 – A New Hampshire law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples comes into effect.
2016 – After floods along the Mississippi River kill 31, Exxon Mobile Corp decides to close a plant in flood threatened Memphis.
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