The first bank robbery in the United States took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The money ($162,821) was taken from the vaults of the Bank of
Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish false, scandalous or malicious writing about the U.S. government.
The Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule began.
A brawl broke out in the House of Representatives in Philadelphia, as Matthew Lyon of Vermont spat in the face of Roger Griswold of Connecticut.
