| On this date in: |
| 1790 |
Congress moved from New York City to Philadelphia. |
| 1907 |
The worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurred as 362 men and boys died in a coal mine explosion in Monongah, W.Va. |
| 1923 |
A presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of Congress. |
| 1947 |
Everglades National Park in Florida was dedicated. |
| 1957 |
The AFL-CIO expelled the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. |
| 1957 |
America’s first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit blew up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
| 1969 |
A free concert by the Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif., was marred by the deaths of four people, including a man who was stabbed by a Hell’s Angel. |
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| 1973 |
House minority leader Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned after pleading no contest to income tax evasion. |
| 1992 |
Thousands of Hindu extremists destroyed a mosque in India, setting off two months of Hindu-Muslim rioting that claimed at least 2,000 lives. |
| 1994 |
Orange County, Calif., filed for bankruptcy protection due to investment losses of about $2 billion. |
| 2003 |
Army became the first team to finish 0-13 in major college football history after a 34-6 loss to Navy. |
| 2004 |
Al-Qaida struck the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, with explosives and machine guns, killing nine people. |
| 2006 |
The bipartisan Iraq Study Group concluded that President George W. Bush’s war policies had failed in almost every regard, and said the situation in Iraq was “grave and deteriorating.” |
