1755 – The first reported use of the steam engine was made in North Arlington, NJ.
1884 – The state of Mississippi authorized the first state-supported college for women called the Mississippi Industrial Institute and College.
1889 – Almon B. Strowger received a patent for the automatic telephone system, which was installed in Laporte, IN, in 1892.
1930 – Mohandas Gandhi began a defiant march to the sea in protest of the British monopoly on salt, in his first public act of civil disobedience.
1933 – Eight days after he was inaugurated, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt presented his first presidential address to the nation, more commonly called Fireside Chats.
1935 – Parimutuel betting became a reality as Nebraska legalized horse race bets.
1938 – Germany annexed Austria.
1947 – President Harry S. Truman asked for U.S. assistance to prevent Greece and Turkey from falling to communist domination in what became known as the “Truman Doctrine.”
1951 – The comic strip, Dennis the Menace, appeared for the first time in 16 newspapers across the U.S.
1966 – Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks became the first player in the National Hockey League to score 51 points in a single season.
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