Tom Magliozzi(co-host of Car Talk NPR national radio program, run with his brother Ray)β
Events
John Adams is elected as the second U.S. presidentβ
Canada’s first chartered bank, Bank of Montreal, opened in Quebecβ
Ulysses S. Grant elected president of the U.S.β
In California, the poet and outlaw calling himself Black Bart made his last robbery when he stole a Wells Fargo strongbox from a stagecoach. A handkerchief left at the scene led to his arrestβ
The first automobile show in the United States opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of Americaβ
William Howard Taft elected as president of the U.S.β
Mary Jacob received a patent for a brassiereβ
Detroit-Windsor tunnel openedβ
President Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected for second termβ
The U.S.S.R. launched space satellite Sputnik II, carrying a dogβ
Good Morning America debuted with co-hosts David Hartman and Nancy Dussaultβ
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected 42nd President of the US. Five women won Senate seats, including Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun, who became the first African-American woman senatorβ
U.S. Air Force’s uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASAβs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The space plane had spent 780 days in orbit, breaking the previous record of 718 days in 2017.β
Weather
Los Angeles, California, reached 96 degrees Fβ
A storm dumped more than 8 inches of rain in parts of Vermont, causing floods and claiming 84 livesβ