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- Admiral in U.S. Navy:David Glasgow Farragut, 1866.
- Airmail route, first transcontinental:Between New York City and San Francisco, 1920.
- Assembly, representative:House of Burgesses, founded in Virginia, 1619.
- Bank established:Bank of North America, Philadelphia, 1781.
- Birth in America to English parents:Virginia Dare, born Roanoke Island, N.C., 1587.
- Black newspaper:Freedom\'s Journal, 1827, edited by John B. Russworm.
- Black U.S. diplomat:Ebenezer D. Bassett, 1869, minister-resident to Haiti.
- Black elected governor of a state:L. Douglas Wilder, Virginia, 1990.
- Black elected to U.S. Senate:Hiram Revels, 1870, Mississippi.
- Black elected to U.S. House of Representatives: Jefferson Long, Georgia, 1870.
- Black associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court:Thurgood Marshall, Oct. 2, 1967.
- Black secretary of state:Gen. Colin Powell, appointed Dec. 2000.
- Black U.S. cabinet minister:Robert C. Weaver, 1966, Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Botanic garden:Established by John Bartram in Philadelphia, 1728, and is still in existence in its original location.
- Cartoon, colored:The Yellow Kid, by Richard Outcault, in New York World, 1895.
- College:Harvard, founded 1636.
- College to confer degrees on women:Oberlin College (Ohio), 1841.
- College to establish coeducation:Oberlin College (Ohio), 1833.
- Electrocution of a criminal:William Kemmler in Auburn Prison, Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 6, 1890.
- Five and Dime store:Founded by Frank Woolworth, Utica, N.Y., 1879 (moved to Lancaster, Pa., same year).
- Fraternity, Greek-letter:Phi Beta Kappa; founded Dec. 5, 1776, at College of William and Mary.
- Gay and lesbian civil rights advocacy organization:National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, founded in New York City, 1973.
- Homosexual, acknowledged, elected to high local office:Harvey Milk, 1977, San Francisco Board of Supervisors.
- Law to be declared unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court:Judiciary Act of 1789. Case: Marbury v. Madison, 1803.
- Library, circulating:Philadelphia, 1731.
- Newspaper, illustrated daily:New York Daily Graphic, 1873.
- Newspaper published daily:Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser, Philadelphia, Sept. 1784.
- Newspaper published over a continuous period:The Boston News-Letter, April 1704.
- Oil well, commercial:Titusville, Pa., 1859.
- Panel quiz show on radio:Information Please, May 17, 1938.
- Postage stamps issued:1847.
- Public school:Boston Latin School, Boston, 1635.
- Radio station licensed:KDKA, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 27, 1920.
- Railroad, transcontinental:Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads, joined at Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869.
- Savings bank:The Provident Institute for Savings, Boston, 1816.
- Science museum:Founded by Charleston (S.C.) Library Society, 1773.
- Skyscraper:Home Insurance Co., Chicago, 1885 (10 floors, 2 added later).
- Slaves brought into America:At Jamestown, Va., 1619, from a Dutch ship.
- Sorority:Alpha Delta Pi, at Wesleyan Female College, 1851.
- State to abolish capital punishment:Michigan, 1847.
- State to enter Union after original 13:Vermont, 1791.
- Steam-heated building:Eastern Hotel, Boston, 1845.
- Steam railroad (carried passengers and freight):Baltimore & Ohio, 1830.
- Strike on record by union:Journeymen Printers, New York City, 1776.
- Subway:Opened in Boston, 1897.
- Tabloid picture newspaper:The Illustrated Daily News (now The Daily News), New York City, 1919.
- Vaudeville theater:Gaiety Museum, Boston, 1883.
- Woman astronaut appointed shuttle commander:Lt. Col. Eileen Collins, Columbia, launched July 1999.
- Woman astronaut to ride in space:Dr. Sally K. Ride, 1983.
- Woman astronaut to walk in space:Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan, 1984.
- Woman cabinet member:Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, 1933.
- Woman candidate for president:Victoria Claflin Woodhull, nominated by National Woman\'s Suffrage Assn. on ticket of Nation Radical Reformers, 1872.
- Woman candidate for vice president:Geraldine A. Ferraro, nominated on a major party ticket, Democratic Party, 1984.
- Woman doctor of medicine:Elizabeth Blackwell; M.D. from Geneva Medical College of Western New York, 1849.
- Woman elected governor of a state:Nellie Tayloe Ross, Wyoming, 1925.
- Woman elected to U.S. Senate:Hattie Caraway, Arkansas; elected Nov. 1932.
- Woman graduate of law school:Ada H. Kepley, Union College of Law, Chicago, 1870.
- Woman member of U.S. House of Representatives:Jeannette Rankin (Mont.); elected Nov. 1916.
- Woman member of U.S. Senate:Rebecca Latimer Felton (Ga.); appointed Oct. 3, 1922.
- Woman member of U.S. Supreme Court:Sandra Day O\'Connor; appointed July 1981.
- Woman secretary of state:Madeleine Albright, appointed Dec. 1996.
- Woman suffrage granted:Wyoming Territory, 1869.
- Written constitution:Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639.
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