1837 – Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria.
1884 – Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patents “flaked cereal”
1907 – Taxis 1st began running in NYC.
1913 – 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified.
1929 – Atlantic City Convention opens.
1937 – Indianapolis 500: Wilbur Shaw wins in 4:24:07.861.
1943 – “Archie” comic strip 1st broadcast on radio.
1947 – Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville, MD, kills 53.
1955 – US Supreme Court orders school integration “with all deliberate speed”
1962 – “Tell it To Groucho” last airs on CBS-TV.
1969 – “GItarzan” by Ray Stevens peaks at #8.
1984 – 57th National Spelling Bee: Daniel Greenblatt wins spelling luge.
1985 – New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000.
1985 – Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) became a Schedule I drug in the United States.
1992 – “The 1992 Boat Show” – the final episode of US comedy series “Night Court” – airs on NBC-TV.
2005 – Mark Felt, former FBI high ranking official revealed as “Deep Throat” source during Watergate investigation in “Vanity Fair” article.
2017 – Comedienne Kathy Griffin fired from CNN after photo of her holding bloody head resembling Donald Trump by Tyler Shields posted.
2018 – Kim Kardashian West meets US President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform.
2019 – Disgruntled employee shoots and kills 12 people at a US municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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