1728 – Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan to build the city’s first synagogue
1790 – Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1791 – NYC traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street
1895 – George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
1986 – Davina Thompson became the world’s first recipient of a heart, lungs, and liver transplant.
1997 – U.S. President Clinton signed the No Electronic Theft Act.
2002 – U.S. President George W. Bush ordered the Pentagon to have ready for use within two years a system for protecting American territory, troops and allies from ballistic missile attacks.
2002 – McDonald’s Corp. Warned that they would report its first quarterly loss in its 47-year history.
2003 – “The Return of the King” 3rd Lord of the Ring films is released.
2012 – NASA completes a successful mission to map the Moon’s gravity field
By: Archa Dave
