Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin maker, died, 1737
Soyuz 13 (USSR) launched, 1973
Virginia released Kentucky from its jurisdiction, 1789
Prohibition Amendment passed, 1917
First Sunday newspaper (“Monitor,” Baltimore), 1796
Atlas satellite (US) launched, 1958
“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” released in the US, 1969
Golf tee patented (George Grant), 1899
Motor vehicles were denied access to Lincoln Park, Illinois, 1895
First orthopedic hospital opened, 1862
William Casey, CIA chief, had a cancerous brain tumor removed, 1986
New Jersey became the third US state, 1787
13th amendment to US Constitution (abolishing slavery) ratified, 1865
“The Nutcracker” first performed, 1892
A US spaceship returned to earth after spending 14 days in orbit, 1965
Woodrow Wilson married Edith Bolling Galt, 1915
First official automobile speed record set (39.24 miles per hour), 1898
First living Giant Panda reached US (Su-Lin), 1936