1775 Laura Secord – Loyalist and heroine of Upper Canada. She was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. In June, 1813, Secord heard two US officers billeted in her house talking about a surprise attack on the British post at Beaver Dams. She walked 20 miles through US lines to warn Lieutenant Fitzgibbon, sometimes leading her cow as a decoy

A heroine for sure.

1788 New York City became the federal capital of the US

This was on Jeopardy the other day. I think only one contestant knew it.