1796 – James S McLean patents his piano.
1916 – Groundbreaking begins on Hugh Grant Circle in Bronx.
1916 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations.
1930 – Richard Drew invents masking tape.
1930 – The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
1931 – 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplane at Langley Field, Virginia.
1933 – Walt Disney’s “3 Little Pigs” released.
1943 – US forbids racial discrimination in war industry.
1951 – Maritime Museum at Aquatic Park, San Francisco opens.
1955 – Red Buttons Show, last airs on NBC-TV.
1960 – Baltimore manager Paul Richards devises oversized catcher’s mitt, used by Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney.
1968 – NL awards Montreal & San Diego major league baseball franchises.
1968 – George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 NFL titles.
1969 – Walt Disney World construction begins at Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
1972 – “Applause” closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances.
1979 – Indianapolis 500: Rick Mears wins in 3:08:47.950.
1987 – Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on “Nightline” after PTL scandal.
1995 – Actor Christopher Reeves is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition in Culpepper, Virginia.
1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
2012 – Indianapolis 500: Dario Franchitti wins in 2:58:51.2532.
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