1789 – First meeting of the US House of Representatives.
1862 – John D Lynde patents aerosol dispenser.
1869 – American Museum of Natural History opens (NYC)
1879 – Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time.
1913 – 17th amendment, requiring direct election of senators, ratified.
1935 – Works Progress Administration (WPA) approved by Congress.
1943 – US President Franklin Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, freezes wages and prices, prohibits workers from changing jobs unless the war effort would be aided thereby, and bars rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
1950 – “Miss Liberty” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances.
1952 – US President Harry Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike.
1956 – 6 marine recruits drown during exercise at Paradise Island, South Carolina.
1960 – US Senate passes Civil Rights Bill with measures against discriminatory voting practices.
1964 – Unmanned Gemini 1 launched.
1966 – Time publishes its “Is God Dead” issue – its first issue without an image.
1970 – Senate rejects Nixon’s nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court.
1974 – Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaking Babe Ruth’s record in Atlanta.
1983 – In front of a live audience of 20 tourists, David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear.
1991 – Michael Landon announces he has inoperable cancer of the pancreas.
1997 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4 Beta.
2007 – 71st Masters Golf Tournament: Zach Johnson wins, shooting a 289.
2010 – 76th Masters Golf Tournament: Bubba Watson wins, shooting a 278.
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