South Carolina voted to secede from the Union, 1860
USSR formed, 1922
Steven J. Ross, Time Warner chief executive, died, 1992
Bobby Darin died, 1973
Dynorphin found (200 times more powerful than morphine), 1980
US invaded Panama, 1989
33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in the Yale library, 1984
John Steinbeck, novelist, died, 1968
First joint Siberian-American musical theatre production, 1990
Arthur Rubinstein, pianist, died, 1981
First private demonstration of Edison’s incandescent light, 1879
Seattle granted an NBA franchise, 1966
General William Sherman completed his “march to the sea”, 1864
“The Dating Game” first aired, 1965
First US cotton mill (Samuel Slater, Pawtucket, Rhode Island), 1790
Pneumatic automobile tire patented, 1892
William Miller, religious leader (creator of Millerism), died, 1849
Richard J. Daley, Chicago mayor, died, 1976
Sacagawea, Indian woman who traveled with Lewis and Clark, died, 1812
Berlin Wall opened for the first time, 1963
First mention of the Christmas tree in the New World (Pennsylvania), 1821
“Peg o’ My Heart” opened (New York), 1912
H.R. Haldeman released after serving 18 months for Watergate crimes, 1978
Erick Ludendorff, WWI German General, died, 1937
Missouri imposed a $1 per year bachelor’s tax on men from 21 to 50, 1820
Position of poet laureate established in US, 1985
The US took over territory acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Virgina Company expedition left for America, 1606
Confederate forces under General Van Dorn attacked Union forces at Holly Springs (Mississippi), 1862
First electric lights on Broadway, New York, 1880