1789 First loan is raised to pay the salaries of the US President and Congress

1793 US President George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

1873 Government bond agent Jay Cooke & Co collapses, causing panic on Wall Street and the start of the Panic of 1873 and the Long Depression

1891 The Seneca tribe gives Harriet Maxwell Converse an honorary position as chief, making her the first white woman to become a Native American chief

1947 Central Intelligence Agency officially comes into existence after being established by President Truman in July