1796 – Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is 1st US-African church.
1797 – Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine.
1799 – NY state abolished slavery.
1834 – Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US.
1866 – 1st ambulance goes into service.
1881 – “Greatest Show on Earth” was formed by PT Barnum & James A Bailey.
1885 – US Salvation Army officially organized.
1930 – 1st performance of Walter Piston’s Suite for orchestra (Boston).
1935 – Robert Goddard uses gyroscopes to control a rocket.
1942 – 4th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Stanford beats Dartmouth 53-38.
1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1953 – “New Faces (of 1952)” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances.
1963 – AFL’s NY Titan’s become the NY Jets.
1972 – Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro basketball game.
1979 – Major nuclear accident at 3 Mile Island, Middletown, Pa (no deaths).
1990 – Michael Jordan scores 69 points, 4th time he scores 60 points in a game.
1990 – President Bush awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1997 – “City” soap opera’s final episode on ABC-TV.
2013 – Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service.
2014 – 2 cases of Ebola are reported in Liberia among people who have traveled to Guinea.