1787 – 1st American comedy, “The Contrast,” made its debut in NYC.
1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration.
1861 – US President Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states (US Civil War).
1900 – US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps.
1922 – Annie Oakley sets women’s record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row.
1935 – 1st radio broadcast of “Fibber McGee & Molly”.
1940 – 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition).
1945 – US troops land on He Shima, Okinawa.
1956 – 1st solar powered radios go on sale.
1959 – NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard.
1962 – Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News.
1967 – “Walking Happy” closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances.
1970 – Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands).
1978 – NBC’s premiere of miniseries “Holocaust”.
1987 – FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves.
1987 – Michael Jordan becomes the second NBA player in history to score 3000 points in a season.
1995 – 56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins.
2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hui Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
2007 – 41st CMT Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Kenny Chesney wins.
2008 – Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States.
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