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| 1788 | - | Conneticut becomes 5th state |
| 1793 | - | Jean Pierre Blanchard makes 1st balloon flight in North America |
| 1799 | - | 1st income tax imposed in England |
| 1839 | - | Daguerrotype process announced at French Academy of Science |
| 1839 | - | Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax Alpha Centauri |
| 1843 | - | "Caroline Herschel \""1st lady of astronomy \"" dies at 98 in Germany" |
| 1847 | - | 1st SF paper \California Star\ published |
| 1848 | - | 1st commercial bank in SF established |
| 1854 | - | Astor Library opened in NY |
| 1861 | - | Mississippi becomes 2nd state to secede from US |
| 1903 | - | AL Baltimore baseball team bought to move to NY for $18 000 |
| 1912 | - | US marines invade Honduras |
| 1915 | - | Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated |
| 1936 | - | Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army |
| 1945 | - | As vowed MacArthur returned to Philippines |
| 1976 | - | Bryan Trottier failed in 4th Islander penalty shot |
| 1978 | - | Commonwealth of Northern Marianas established |
| 1982 | - | 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855 |
| 1987 | - | New Nicaraguan constitution takes effect |
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