1789: George Washington was unanimously elected the first president.
1890: William Taft became the U.S. Solicitor General.
1976: The New Jersey Health Department reported isolating the A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1n1) influenza strain in recruits at Fort Dix. This was the same strain that accounted for the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed up to 100 million people.