Major Historical Events
- 1620: The Mayflower Compact Signed Forty-one male passengers on the Mayflower signed the Mayflower Compact.
- 1783: First Untethered Hot-Air Balloon Flight Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis François Laurent d’Arlandes flew for about 25 minutes over Paris.
- 1789: North Carolina Ratified U.S. Constitution North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
- 1877: Invention of the Phonograph Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph.
- 1920: “Bloody Sunday” in Dublin During the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) assassinated 11 British intelligence agents, leading to brutal reprisals by British forces.
- 1922: First Female U.S. Senator Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia was sworn in.
- 1964: Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Opens The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge opened as the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time.
- 1980: MGM Grand Hotel Fire A fire at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, killed 85 people.
- 2017: Robert Mugabe Resigns After 37 years, Robert Mugabe resigned as President of Zimbabwe.
