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1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional

1985 After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket

1975 Arthur Pierson, actor and director (Hat Check Girl), dies at 73

1974 U.S. ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check

1962 Hallie Todd, actress, Check is in the Mail

1961 Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost

1961 Lazard Brothers Ltd draw a check for $334,867,807.68

1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion)

1954 Largest check: Internal U.S. Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57

1943 Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase

1939 Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check

1938 Brian Dennehy, born in Connecticut, actor, Check is in the Mail, F/X, Cocoon, Ants

1930 Check photographing device patented

1926 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic

1926 Don Adams, born in New York City, comedian, Maxwell Smart-Get Smart, Check it Out

1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes

1901 Arthur Pierson, born in Oslo, Norway, actor and director, Hat Check Girl

1659 1st known check (400 pounds) (on display at Westminster Abbey)



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