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Annapolis Tea Party

In 1773, American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.

In 1780, 352 Patriots, commanded by Major Joseph Cloyd, defeated 500 Loyalists, commanded by Colonel Gideon Wright, at Shallow Ford, North Carolina.

In 1781, LtCol Alexander Hamilton led the charge to take Redoubt 10 at the Battle of Yorktown.

In 1863, Battle at Bristoe Station, Virginia (about 2000 casualties).

In 1865, The Cheyenne & Arapahos sign "peace treaty" then are chased out Colorado.

In 1884, George Eastman patents paper strip photographic film.

In 1908, The Chicago Cubs beat the Detroit Tigers to win the team's second World Series championship; they did not claim their third title until 2016.

In 1908, Upset over seating arrangements at the Baseball World Series, sports reporters form a professional group that will become Baseball Writers Association of America.

In 1910, aviator Claude Grahame-White flew his biplane over Washington D.C. and landed it on West Executive Avenue, next to the White House.

In 1912, Before a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt is shot at close range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while greeting the public in front of the Gilpatrick Hotel. Schrank’s .32-caliber bullet, aimed directly at Roosevelt’s heart, failed to mortally wound the former president because its force was slowed by a glasses case and a bundle of manuscript in the breast pocket of Roosevelt’s heavy coat—a manuscript containing Roosevelt’s evening speech.

In 1922, The Pennsylvania exchange in New York City sees the start of automated dialing.

In 1926, English humorist A.A. Milne published Winnie-the-Pooh, a children's book featuring the adventures of a honey-loving bear and his friends, including Eeyore and Piglet.

In 1947, Chuck Yeager becomes first person to fly faster than speed of sound.

In 1951, Organization of Central American States forms.

In 1957, the Everly Brothers, one of the most important and influential groups in the history of rock and roll, have their first #1 song: "Wake Up Little Susie."

In 1958, District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members.

In 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy suggested formation of a Peace Corps during a talk at the University of Michigan.

In 1962, Cuban Missile Crisis begins.

In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1964, in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history, American Billy Mills won the 10,000 meter race at the Tokyo Summer Games.

In 1968, The first live telecast from a manned U.S. spacecraft was transmitted from Apollo 7.

In 1968, U.S. Defense Department officials announce that the Army and Marines will be sending about 24,000 men back to Vietnam for involuntary second tours because of the length of the war, high turnover of personnel resulting from the one year of duty, and the tight supply of experienced soldiers.

In 1975, Ronald DeFeo Jr. goes on trial for the killings of his parents and four siblings in their Amityville, New York, home. The family’s house was later said to be haunted and served as the inspiration for the "Amityville Horror" book and movies.

In 1976, Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to American economist Milton Friedman

In 1987, A 58-hour drama began in Midland, Texas, as 18-month-old Jessica McClure slid 22 feet down an abandoned well at a private day care center.

In 2008, a grand jury in Orlando, Fla. returned charges of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter against Casey Anthony in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. (She was acquitted in July 2011.)

In 2010, Scientists publish findings that indicate a dinosaur from the Jurassic period had spinal arthritis, showing that back pain is nothing new. The creature lived 245 million years ago.

In 2012, Two days after arriving at Los Angeles International Airport, the space shuttle Endeavour reached its final destination, the California Space Center; its 12-mile journey through the city had required trees to be cut down and signs to be removed.

In 2012, retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, at the age of 89, marked the 65th anniversary of his supersonic flight by smashing through the sound barrier again, this time in the backseat of an F-15 that took off from Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.