Hank Williams, country-western singer, died, 1953
Divestiture of AT&T, 1984
Council on Environmental Quality established, 1969
Hewlett-Packard formed , 1939
It became illegal to import slaves to the US, 1808
Cesar Romero, actor, died, 1994
First “Rose Bowl” (Michigan 49, Stanford 0), 1902
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper died, 1992
Sudan proclaimed a sovereign independent republic, 1956
Cuba liberated from Spanish rule, 1899
Samuel Pepys recorded the first entry in his diary, 1660
First asteroid discovered (Ceres), 1801
Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade debuted on CBS radio, 1946
Beginning of time for Unix systems, 1970
Arthur Middleton, American Revolutionary leader, died, 1787
Hatian proclamation of independence, 1804
Britain declared sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, 1833
Pier Antonio Micheli, botanist, died, 1737
Ellis Island opened for processing arriving immigrants to US, 1892
First issue of London Times published, 1785
William Wycherley, playwright (“The Country Wife”), died, 1716
The Commonwealth of Australia created, 1901
First correspondence school in aviation opened (New York City), 1908
Copyright revision law went into effect, 1978
Regular mail delivery (mounted) began between New York City and Boston, 1673
US Emancipation Proclamation took effect, 1863
Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman convicted on all counts (Watergate), 1975
Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro ended, 1959