1837 – Panic of 1837; New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
1908 – 1st Mother’s Day observed (Philadelphia)
1917 – Atlantic ships get destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1924 – J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of FBI.
1929 – British Open Men’s golf, Muirfield: Walter Hagen wins 4th Open title, by 6 strokes from fellow American Johnny Farrell.
1941 – 66th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro wins aboard Whirlaway, 2nd leg of successful Triple Crown.
1967 – Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Phillies’ Jim Bunning, in Philadelphia.
1968 – Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US and North Vietnam.
1971- US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents.
1983 – TV sitcom “Laverne & Shirley” last airs on ABC-TV.
1992 – Bible Land Museum opens in Jerusalem Israel.
1993 – Bill Walton is inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
1995 – 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire win.
2005 – A hand grenade thrown by Vladimir Arutyunian lands about 65 feet from U.S. President George W. Bush while giving a speech to a crowd in Tbilisi, Georgia, it malfunctions and does not detonate.
2009 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Henrik Stenson of Sweden shoots a bogey-free final round 66 to win by 4 strokes from Englishman Ian Poulter.
2016 – Indian fertility clinic announces that a 70 year old woman has successfully given birth to a baby boy.
2017 – US President Donald Trump shares classified information about ISIS plot with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the oval office.
2017 – Apple becomes the first company to be worth more than $800 billion.
2019 – US begins raising tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports to 25% after trade talks.
2019 – Taxi service Uber becomes a public company opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
2020 – Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 rise above 4 million with death toll above 270,000, according to John Hopkins.
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