1787—1st American comedy, “The Contrast,” made its debut in NYC.
1789—George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration.
1858—Steamer “Long Beach” sinks off Long Beach, NY, 311 die.
1900—US Post Office issues 1st books of postage stamps.
1924—1st radio-transmission of wireless: Mattheus Passion
1943—Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.
1945—US Troops enter Nuremberg, Germany, during WWII
1945—US Troops land on HE Shima, Okinawa.
1953—Phillie’s Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a baseball game.
1956—1st solar powered radios go on sale.
1959—NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard.
1962—Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News.
1972—1st Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jane Blalock.
1978—NBC’s premiere of miniseries “Holocaust”
1980—Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1987—FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves.
1987—Michael Jordan becomes 2nd NBA player to score 3000 points in a season.
1989—1st Seniors Golf Tradition: Don Bies wins.
1995—56th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Ray Floyd wins.
2007—Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
2008—Start of Papal Journey of Pope Benedict XVI to the United States.
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