1781 – British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Virginia.
1903 – San Francisco – Hawaii telegraph cable opens for public use.
1914 – Ford Motor Co. wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day.
1925 – Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman governor in USA.
1930 – Bonnie Parker meets Clyde Barrow for the first time at Clarence Clay’s house.
1940 – FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal.
1946 – “Show Boat” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances.
1949 – US President Harry Truman labels his administration the “Fair Deal”
1952 – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes an official visit to the US.
1957 – Dodgers’ Jackie Robinson announces his retirement rather than be traded to the NY Giants.
1959 – “Bozo the Clown” live children’s show premieres on TV.
1959 – Buddy Holly releases his last record “It Doesn’t Matter”; he was killed in a plan crash 29 days later.
1968 – Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law.
1972 – US President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on a manned space shuttle.
1976 – “MacNeil-Lehrer Report” premieres on PBS.
1989 – Baseball signs $400M contract with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990.
1992 – “Peter Pan” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances.
1997 – “Show Boat” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC.
2007 – Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
2010 – 76th Orange Bowl: #10 Iowa beats #9 Georgia Tech, 24-14.
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