1828 John Quincy Adam’s son John marries in White House
1836 Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm
1847 State University of Iowa is approved 1862 Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by Abraham Lincoln
1863 Congress creates national banking system, comptroller of currency
1870 African American congressman sworn in
1901 US Steel Corp organized under J P Morgan
1910 Dali Lama flees Tibet from Chinese troop to British-Indies
1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1¢ per gallon)
1923 Bread in Berlin rises to 2,000 mark
1930 Check photographing device patented
1932 Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship
1933 1st aircraft carrier christened, USS Ranger
1950 “Your Show of Shows” with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC; Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen
1957 Buddy Holly & Crickets record “That’ll Be the Day”
1964 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami.
1969 Beatles begin recording Abbey Road album
1977 New Orleans’ Pete Maravich sets NBA record for a guard with 68 pt
1982 Final episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” airs
1989 Dallas Cowboys’ new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
2004 The Passion of the Christ opens in U.S.