1492 – Christopher Columbus signs a contract with the Spanish monarchs to find the “Indies” with the stated goal of converting people to Catholicism. This promises him 10% of all riches found, and the governorship of any lands encountered.
1704 – 1st successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell.
1817 – 1st US school for deaf (Hartford, Connecticut)
1864 – Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina.
1912 – 1st unofficial gold record (Al Jolson’s “Ragging the Baby To Sleep”)
1924 – Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures & Louis B Mayer Co merged to form Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)
1934 – New Fenway park opens, Washington Senators beat Red Sox 6-5.
1945 – 8th Air Force bombs Dresden.
1947 – Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit.
1953 – Mickey Mantle hits a 565′ HR in Washington, D.C.’s Griffith Stadium.
1956 – Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament.
1961 – 1,400 Cuban exiles hand in Bay of Pigs in a doomed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro.
1964 – Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2,368 base)
1966 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational.
1977 – “I Love My Wife” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 864 performances.
1983 – Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter.
1986 – IBM produces 1st megabit-chip.
1994 – 55th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Lee Trevino wins.
2001 – A letter between Gale Norton and Jeb Bush is released, stating that the Bush administration has decided to go ahead with plans to auction 6 million acres of potentially oil-and-gas-rich seabed in the Gulf of Mexico.
2013 – 15 peoples are killed and 100 are injured after a fertilizer plant explodes in West, Texas.
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