17931st US cabinet meeting, held atGeorge Washington‘s home

1804Thomas Jeffersonnominated for US President at Democratic-Republican caucus

1836Samuel Coltpatents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be fired multiple times without reloading

1862Congress forms US Bureau of Engraving and Printing to print newly issued US paper currency, the United States Notes
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1901 US Steel Corporation organized under J. P. Morgan, Sr.

• 1913 The 16th Amendment to the US Constitution becomes law, providing the legal basis for the institution of a graduated income tax

• 1924 Marie Boyd scores 156 points in Maryland HS basketball game (163-3)

• 1930 Check photographing device patented

• 1933 1st genuine US aircraft carrier named, USS Ranger

• 1945 US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo

1956 Nikita Khrushchev  (Left) denounces Joseph Stalin at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

• 1969 Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars

1982 Final episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” airs

1986 Corazon Aquino becomes President of the Philippines, Marcos flees the country

• 1991 US, barracks in Dhahran Saudi Arabia, hit by scud missile, kills 28

• 2014 50 students are killed in a Boko Harem attack on a college in Buni, Nigeria

• 2018 China briefly bans the letter ‘N’ as part of widespread censorship efforts.  Why?

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