1783 The first daily newspaper in the USA began publication, the ‘Pennsylvania Evening Post.’ It had been a weekly since 1776.
1848 After the Mexican-American War (25 April 1846–2 February 1848) Mexico was coerced into a treaty ceding what are now New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado to the United States in return for $15 million dollars, that is about $400 billion today.
1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the two territories, giving residents the option to choose slave or free. The act voided the Missouri Compromise and led to the Jayhawk War in Kansas. These events are often cited as steps toward the Civil War.
1963 Sixteen year-old New Jersey teenager Lesley Gore sang ‘It’s My Party’ on American Bandstand. And she’ll cry if she wants to. This is a Gore I might have voted for.
1971 Mariner 9, weighing more than one thousand pounds, was launched from Cape Canaveral. It orbited Mars for nearly a year, sending back video, photographs, and sound recordings. It was the first probe placed in orbit around the Red Planet.
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