1721 – John Copson becomes America’s 1st insurance agent.
1787 – Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding.
1844 – 1st telegraphed news dispatch is published in Baltimore Patriot.
1895 – Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for gross indecency.
1922 – Babe Ruth suspended 1 day & fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump.
1827 – Henry Ford announces that he is ending production of the Model T Ford.
1932 – Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, 1st appears in ‘Mickey’s Revue’ by Walt Disney.
1941 – Ted Williams raises his batting average over .400 for 1st time in 1941.
1953 – 1st non-commercial educational television station-Houston, Texas.
1961 – JFK announces US goal of putting a man on Moon before the end of decade.
1962 – Isley Brothers release “Twist & Shout.”
1968 – Gateway Arch in St. Louis dedicated.
1973 – US launches 1st Skylab crew Kerwin, Conrad, Weitz.
1977 – “Brady Bunch Hour” last airs on ABC-TV.
1979 – American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago killing 273 including 2 on the ground.
1986 – 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida.
1992 – Jay Leno becomes permanent host of “Tonight Show.”
1999 – The US House of Representatives releases the Cox Report which details the People’s Republic of China’s nuclear espionage against the U.S. over the prior two decades.
2008 – Indianapolis 500: Scott Dixon wins in 3:28:57.6792.
2011 – Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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