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The second Continental congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”

California became the 31st state.

President Grover Cleveland’s daughter, Esther Cleveland’s daughter, Esther Cleveland, became the first President’s child to be born in the White House.

NBC was created by the Radio Corporation of America.

A Japanese floatplane dropped incendiary bombs into the forest near Mount Emily, Oregon.  The explosives were meant to start a major forest fire, but the effort was not successful.

The first “bug” in a computer program was discovered, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay and taped into the log.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) was declared.

The first use of the television laugh track in the United States was done on “The Hank McCune show.”

Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction.

In the first regular season American Football League game, the Denver Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots, 13-10. The game was played in Boston at Nickerson Field.

1971 Due to harsh conditions and poor treatment, the Attica prison (in New York) revolt began.  The inmates took the prison guards hostage and demanded better living conditions.  After four days, the state police officers stormed the prison, killing 29 inmates and 10 of the captive correctional staff members. * https://www.britannica.com/topic/Attica-prison-revolt

The Soviet Union beat the United States 51-50 in the most controversial game in International basketball history; with the United States leading 50-49, the final 3 seconds was replayed 3 times until the Soviet Union finally won.

Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung died in Beijing at age 82.

Phil Berrigan and other anti-nuclear activists entered the GE plant and hammered two ICBM nose-cones at King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. This group was known as the Plowshares Eight.