1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
1982 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola virus is taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Dr. F. A. Murphy.
1949 – The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1878 – The Edison Electric Light Company begins operation.
1871 – The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes".
1775 – The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Navy (predecessor of the United States Navy).
1773 – America's first insane asylum opens.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips.
