Year : 1643
Events : Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-Indians
Year : 1791
Events : 1st Bank of US chartered
Year : 1793
Events : 1st cabinet meeting (At George Washington's home)
Year : 1837
Events : 1st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
Year : 1862
Events : Paper currency (greenbacks) introduced in US by President Abraham Lincoln
Year : 1908
Events : 1st tunnel under the Hudson River (railway tunnel) opens
Year : 1930
Events : George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket vs England (114 & 112)
Year : 1933
Events : 1st genuine aircraft carier christened, USS Ranger
Year : 1945
Events : US aircraft carriers attack Tokyo
Year : 1962
Events : India Congress Party wins elections
Year : 1969
Events : Mariner 6 launched for fly-by of Mars
Year : 1977
Events : Soyuz 24 returns to Earth
Year : 1979
Events : Soyuz 32 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
Year : 1981
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1987
Events : US Supreme Court upholds (5-4) affirmative action
Year : 1988
Events : South Korea adopts constitution
Year : 1990
Events : Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Seies Cup
Year : 1993
Events : Pakistan all out 43 vs West Indies, World one-day international record low.
Year : 1995
Events : Bomb attack on train in Assam India (27 soldiers killed)
Year : 2000
Events : Noyan Mongia became the third Indian Wicket-keeper and 23rd overall to complete 100 tests dismissals.
Year : 1968
Events : M.Hidayatullah, appointed as Chief Justice of India. [ 25-02-1968 to 16-12-1970]
Year : 1998
Events : Bob Dylan, Star performer who notched up three Grammys during the 40th Grammy Awards ceremony in New York.
Year : 1993
Events : Mr.Kim-Young-Sam, took the oath of office to become South Korea's first civilian President in more than 30 years.
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