1865 – Battle of Durham Station, North Carolina (Greensboro)
1912 – 1st homerun hit at Fenway Park (Hugh Bradley, Red Sox)
1931 – Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he & Babe Ruth tie for season.
1944 – 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down.
1952 – US minesweeper Hobson rams aircraft carrier Wasp, kills 176.
1954 – Mass trials of Jonas Salk’s anti-polo vaccine begin; the first shot is delivered in Fairfax County, Virginia, more than 443,000 children receive shots over 3 months.
1956 – First modern container ship, the ideal X, leaves Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas.
1961 – Roger Maris hits 1st of 61 homers in 1961.
1968 – US underground nuclear test, “Boxcar,” 1 megaton device.
1975 – Phillies Mike Schmidt’s 2HRs ties NL record of 11 HRs in April.”
1980 – Iran begins scattering US hostages from US Embassy.
1983 – Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for 1st time.
1983 – NFL Draft: Stanford quarterback John Elway first pick by Baltimore.
1984 – President Reagan visits China.
1988 – NBA approves addition of 3rd referee in 1988-89 season.
1993 – NBC announces Conan O’Brien to replace David Letterman.
2003 – NFL Draft: USC quarterback Carson Palmer first pick by Cincinnati Bengals.
2018 – Comedian Bill Cosby is found guilty of sexual assault in Pennsylvania.
2019 – “No Religion” tops survey of American religious identity for the first time at 23.1 percent edging out Catholics 23.0% and evangelicals 22.5%, in long running General Social Survey.
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