On the evening of October 11, 1492, Columbus anchored at sea. In the distance, he saw fires burning on La Hispaniola when the Ascendant was at 14° Cancer.
George
Washington was sworn in as President on the morning of April 30, 1789,
around 9:00, when the Moon was passing 14° Cancer.
On
July 4, 1776 (US Independence Day), the Sun was at 14° Cancer. On May
17, 1792, the founding date of the New York Stock Exchange, the
Ascendant was passing 14° Cancer.
On April 3, 1848, a group of Chicago businessmen founded the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) when the Moon passed 14° Cancer.
Agricultural commodities often change trend when heliocentric Mercury, Mars, and Venus pass 14° Cancer, and Louise McWhirter's methodology is based on structuring monthly lunation charts with the Ascendant at 14° Cancer.
See also:
Jack Gillen (2002) - Astro-Stats for the New York Stock Exchange.