1621 – Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
1768 – 1st US Chamber of Commerce forms (NYC)
1792 – George Washington casts 1st presidential veto.
1893 – Cleveland passes Park Act (forerunner of Metroparks)
1923 – Firestone Co. puts their inflatable tires into production.
1936 – Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die.
1948 – WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting.
1949 – Fireside Theater debuts on television.
1951 – Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death.
1954 – Elvis Presley records his debut single “That’s All Right”
1959 – 23rd Masters Golf Tournament: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284.
1965 – 37th Academy Awards – “My Fair Lady”, Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) win awards.
1972 – Baseball season is delayed due to a strike.
1974 – World Trade Center, then the world’s tallest building, opens in New York (110 stories)
1984 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1988 – Democratic convention picks Michael Dukakis as their presidential candidate.
1993 – Construction begins on Cleveland’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
1994 – “Jackie Mason Politically Incorrect” opens at Golden NYC for 347 performances.
2009 – 44th Academy of Country Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win.
2010 – 72nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Duke beats Butler 61-59.
2015 – Rolling Stone Magazine retracts its “Rape on Campus” story about a gang rape at the University of Virginia after being discredited.
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