1819 – 1st successful agricultural journal (“American Farmer”) begins.
1866 – US President Andrew Johnson ends civil war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va.
1908 – Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday.
1917 – US President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war against Germany.
1921 – Albert Einstein lectures in New York City on his new “Theory of Relativity”
1932 – Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son.
1935 – Sir Robert Watson-Watt patents RADAR.
1942 – USS Hornet with Jimmy Doolittles B-25 departs from San Francisco.
1958 – Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, TX (record)
1968 – “2001 A Space Odyssey” directed by Stanley Kubrick premieres in Washington, DC.
1972 – Tennessee Williams’ “Small Craft Warnings” premieres in NYC.
1977 – Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” albums goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.
1978 – TV soap show “Dallas” starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS (as a 5 week mini-series).
1978 – Velcro was 1st put on the market.
1990 – 52nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Nevada-LV beats Duke 103-73.
1992 – John Gotti is found guilty of 5 murders (Paul Castellano, Thomas Bilotti, Robert DiBernardo, Liborio Milito and Louis Dibono), plus conspiracy to murder, loansharking, illegal gambling, obstruction of justice, bribery and tax evasion.
1995 – Sunday NY Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50.
2001 – 63rd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Duke beats Arizona 82-72.
2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out, hardest hit is Tennessee with 29 people killed.
2010 – Kobe Bryant signs a three-year contract extension with the Los Angeles Lakers worth $87 million.
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