“The CBS Radio Mystery Theatre” premiered, 1974
Ida M. Tarbell, historian, died, 1944
George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, 1759
George Bush married Barbara Pierce, 1945
Haym Salomon, American Revolutionary War patriot, died, 1785
New Mexico became the 47th US state, 1912
First test tube quadruplets (all boys) born (Melbourne), 1984
King Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves, 1540
Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated the telegraph, 1838
Edward Gibbon, English historian, died, 1794
Britain formally recognized the communist government of China, 1950
Lend-Lease bill submitted to US congress, 1941
US Congress levied a $6 million tax to finance the War of 1812, 1815
Ronald Reagan raised gasoline taxes $.05, 1983
Nuclear accident at Kerr-McGee plant, Gore, Oklahoma (1 killed), 1986
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US president, died, 1919
US Agricultural Adjustment Administration declared unconstitutional, 1936
Fanny Burney, novelist (“Evelina”), died, 1840