1869 – The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads joined in Promontory, UT, making transcontinental railroad travel possible in the United States for the first time.
1872 – Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman nominated to be President of the United States, when she was chosen for the ballot by the National Woman Suffrage Association in New York City.
1877 – President Rutherford B. Hayes had the White House’s first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room.
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover began his 48-year career with the FBI.
1940 – Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain.
1960 – The U.S.S. Triton submarine became the first submerged vessel to circumnavigate the globe, as it arrived in Groton, CT.
1969 – The National and American Football Leagues announced plans to merge for the 1970 – 71 season. Two conferences of 13 teams each were formed.
1986 – Navy Lt. Commander Donnie Cochran became the first Black pilot to fly with the celebrated Blue Angels precision aerial demonstration team.
1994 – Nelson Mandela was sworn in as the first Black president of South Africa.
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