1792 – US postal service created, postage 6-12 cents depending on distance.
1872 – Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin.
1927 – Golfers in South Carolina arrested for violating Sabbath.
1929 – Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field.
1933 – US House of Representatives completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition.
1940 – Larry Clinton & his orchestra record “Limehouse Blues”
1942 – Lt. E.H. O’Hare single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers, becomes America’s first World War II flying ace.
1944 – Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers.
1952 – 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1953 – US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling.
1959 – Jimi Hendrix (16), rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch synagogue basement, Seattle. He is fired from the band after the 1st set due to “wild” playing.
1962 – John Glenn becomes the 1st American to orbit the earth, aboard Friendship 7.
1971 – National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn’t resolved for 30 minutes.
1977 – “My Fair Lady” closes at St James Theater NYC after 384 performances.
1983 – 25th Daytona 500: 3rd win for Cale Yarborough: first time an in-car camera goes into victory lane before a national CBS sports audience.
1988 – Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdock for $37.6 million.
1992 – Ross Perot says he’ll run for President on “Larry King Live”
2003 – During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others.
2011 – 53rd Daytona 500: 20 year old Trevor Bayne, driving for Wood Brothers Racing, wins to become the youngest Daytona 500 winner.
2020 – Trump associate Roger Stone sentenced to 40 months imprisonment for obstructing a congressional investigation.
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