Bill Veeck 1914
- 1825 - The U.S. House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes.
- 1870 - The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS).
- 1895 - Volley Ball was invented by W.G. Morgan.
- 1942 - Daylight-saving "War Time" went into effect in the U.S.
- 1950 - U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy charged that the State Department was riddled with Communists.
- 1969 - The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight.
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