- Jefferson Davis is chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America (1861)
- The United States Weather Bureau is authorized by Congress (1870)
- Daylight Savings Time is instituted (1942)
- Joseph McCarthy claims there are Communists in the State Department (1950)
- The movie Superman premieres in theaters (1953)
- Joanne Woodward earns the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)
- The Beatles make their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show (1964)
- U.S. sends first combat troops to South Vietnam (1965)
- The Boeing 747 flies its inaugural flight (1967)
- The Apollo 14 spacecraft returns to Earth after mankind's third landing on the moon (1971)
- The Simpsons becomes the longest-running prime-time animated series (1997)
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