1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city.
1883 – Jan Matzeliger invented the first machine to manufacture entire shoes.
1917 – US Supreme Court upholds 8-hour workday for railroad employees.
1918 – Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time.
1928 – “Amos & Andy” debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WWAQ Chicago)
1941 – Jimmy Dorsey & orchestra record “Green Eyes” & “Maria Elena”
1942 – President Franklin Roosevelt orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty.
1949 – 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1953 – 25th Academy Awards: “Greatest Show on Earth’, Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1955 – 17th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: San Francisco beats La Salle, 77-63. Dons’ future Hall of Fame center Bill Russell is named tournament Most Outstanding Player.
1964 – Sean Connery’s first day of shooting on James Bond film “Goldfinger”
1973 – John Dean tells President Richard Nixon, “There is a cancer growing on the Presidency”
1979 – US House of Representatives begins live TV broadcasts via C-SPAN.
1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1989 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tom Kite wins the title in gusty conditions, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Chip Beck.
1995 – Michael Jordan rejoins Chicago Bulls after 17 months, beats Pacers.
2013 – Wendy’s overtakes Burger King to become the second best-selling hamburger chain.
2018 – Mississippi signs into law the US’s strictest abortion laws, no termination after 15 weeks.
2020 – State of California with 910 cases of COVID-19 locks down and orders people to “stay at home”
2022 – LeBron James moves past Karl Malone (36,909) into second on NBA’s all-time scoring list with 38 points in La Lakers’ 127-119 loss to Washington Wizards; Kareem Abdul-Jabber leads (38,387)
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