1841 – New York Tribune begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley.
1869 – Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9.
1913 – New York Highlanders play first MLB game as the New York Yankees: lose to the Washington Senators, 2-1 at Griffith Stadium.
1916 – The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is founded in New York City.
1930 Thiokol synthetic rubber 1st produced in Yardley, New Jersey.
1938 – NY makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license.
1947 – Jackie Robinson becomes first black player of the 20th century to sign a MLB contract; Brooklyn GM, Branch Rickey announced Dodgers had bought Robinson’s contract from Montreal Royals.
1949 – 13th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Sam Snead wins his first of 3 green jackets by 3 strokes over Johnny Bula and Lloyd Mangrum.
1957 – “12 Angry Men”, directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb, is released.
1960 – Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill.
1968 – 40th Academy Awards: “In the Heat of the Night’, Rod Steiger & Katherine Hepburn win.
1972 – US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons.
1979 – Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak: A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1989 – 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams, Jr., George Strait, and K.T. Oslin win.
1989 – Intel Corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip.
1995 – NCY bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more.
2012 – Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world.
2012 – Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination making Mitt Romney the overwhelming favorite.
2017 – Alabama Governor Robert Bentley resigns over relationship with an aide and possible misuse of state funds to cover it up.
2019 – China announces move to cull more than 1 million pigs in effort to eliminate African swine fever.
2019 – New York declares a public health emergency and compulsory vaccinations after a measles outbreak in Brooklyn with 295 cases.
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