1793 First cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
1837 First US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
1859 First use of "insanity plea" to prove innocence
1870 Hiram Revels, Ms, is sworn in as first black member of Congress (Sen)
1901 US Steel Corp organizes under directorship of J.P. Morgan
1913 16th Amendment ratified, authorizing income tax
1933 First aircraft carrier "USS Ranger" launched
1988 Bruce Springsteen "Tunnel of Love Tour," begins in Worcester Mass
1870 First NYC subway line opens (pneumatic powered)
1944 First female US Navy Captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed
1975 First televised kidney transplant (Today Show)
1990 Moscow begins pulling 73,000 troops out of Czechoslovakia
1991 Kuwaiti resistance leaders declare they have control of their capital
1864 Near Andersonville GA, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
1922 Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amendment concerning women's right to vote
1927 For second Sunday in a row golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1933 Nazis set fire to German parliament, blame it on communists
1951 22nd amendment ratified, limiting president to two terms
1991 US led allied 6 week war with Iraq ends
1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1979 Mr. Ed talking horse, dies
1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit
1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a sieze fire
1780 Pennsylvania becomes first US state to abolish slavery
1910 Three passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range 118 die. Worst avalanche in US history
1932 Charles Lindbergh Jr kidnapped in NJ; found dead May 12
1954 US explodes a hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
1899 President McKinley signs bill creating Mt. Rainier National Park (5th in US)
1931 Mikhail S Gorbachev born, Soviet leader (1985-91)
1958 First surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed
1972 Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
1991 UN votes in favor of US resolutions on cease fire with Iraq
1847 Alexander Graham Bell born, inventor (telephone)
1842 First US child labor law regulating working hours passed, Mass
1863 First US wartime military conscription bill enacted
1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences
1931 "Star Spangled Banner" officially became US national anthem
1942 First combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane
1969 Apollo 9 launched into 151 Earth orbits (10 days)
1991 Iraqi generals & Gen Schwarzkopf meet to discuss the cease fire
1991 LA Police severely beat Rodney King captured on amateur video