1768 – John Hancock refuses to allow two British customs agents to go below deck of his ship, considered by some to be the first act of physical resistance to British authority in the colonies.
1816 – African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia)
1865 – Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court house to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (US Civil War)
1909 – The US Congress pass the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
1923 – In ‘Adkins vs Children’s Hospital’, the US Supreme Court finds that the minimum wage law for women and children, adopted by the District of Columbia, is unconstitutional.
1928 – Mae West’s NYC debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”
1939 – Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1941 – PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame.
1950 – Bob Hope’s 1st TV appearance.
1954 – WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting.
1959 – Bill Sharman hits a NBA record 56 consecutive foul shot.
1962 – 26th Masters Golf Tournament: Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 280.
1965 – 1st game at Astrodome, Houston beats Yankees 2-1 in exhibition as Mickey Mantle hits 1st indoor homerun.
1967 – 1st Boeing 737 rolls out.
1972 – 36th Masters Golf Tournament: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286.
1974 – San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc addresses fans “Ladies & gentlemen, I suffer with you, I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life.”
1984 – 56th Academy Awards: “Terms of Endearment”, Robert Duvall & Shirley Maclaine win.
1992 – US Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of 8 out of 10 drug and racketeering charges.
2012 – “The Lion King” becomes highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking “The Phantom of the Opera”
2017 – Twitter footage of passenger forcibly removed from United Airlines flight in Chicago after flight overbooked causes outrage.
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