1788—1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta.
1798—Mississippi Territory organized.
1818—General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks, Fla. from Seminole Indians.
1827—English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches.
1863—Battle of Charleston, SC, failed Federal fleet attack on Fort Sumter.
1891—Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day.
1902—Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
1922—Warren G. Harding’s Interior Secretary, Albert B. Fall, leases the Teapot Dome oil reserves to Harry Sinclair, setting in motion what comes to be known over the next two years as the Teapot Dome scandals.
1927—Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington, DC to NYC.
1940—1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T. Washington)
1949—“South Pacific” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances.
1957—21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting 283.
1969—Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1973—Cleveland sets day-game & opening-game attendance records of 74,420.
1980—President Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis.
1985—1st live telecast of Easter parade.
1990—Farm Aid IV concert.
2001—Mars Odyssey is launched.
2003—U.S. troops capture Baghdad; Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
2003—37th CMT Flameworthy Video Music Awards; Toby Keith & Martina McBride wins.
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