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1815 - William H. Crawford takes office as Treasury Secretary.

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1816 - William H. Crawford takes office as Treasury Secretary.

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1907 - New York City's Knickerbocker Trust Company fails, leading to Panic of 1907.

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1936 - Reconstructed Charlotte Mint opens as Mint Museum of Art.

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1936 - First commercial flight from mainland USA to Hawaii.

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1938 - First Xerox copy made.

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1954 - Ford Thunderbird cars arrive in dealer showrooms in the USA. 4,000 orders are placed on the first day.

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1962 - In a televised speech, US President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba which would house medium-range missiles capable of striking a number of major cities in the United States. Kennedy announces that he is ordering a naval "quarantine" of Cuba to prevent Soviet ships from transporting any more offensive weapons to the island.

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1962 - Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center, Washington, USA.

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1963 - 225,000 students boycott Chicago schools in Freedom Day protest.

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