1792 US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance.
1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state.
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia.
1865 M I T establishes 1st US collegiate architectural school.
1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin.
1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh).
1927 Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath.
1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge.
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers.
1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7).
1963 Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract.
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party.
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City.
1992 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show.
1998 UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations.
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