1776 – Halifax resolution for independence adopted by North Carolina.
1861 – Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting Civil War.
1869 – North Carolina legislature passes anti-Klan Law.
1877 – Catcher’s mask 1st used in a baseball game.
1892 – George C. Blickensderfer patents portable typewriter.
1924 – WLS-AM in Chicago begins radio transmissions.
1932 – “Grand Hotel” directed by Edmund Goulding and starring Greta Fabo and John Barrymore premieres in New York, includes the line “I want to be alone” (Best Picture/Production 1932).
1934 – Second highest ever wind speed of 231 mph recorded on Mt. Washington.
1945 – US President Franklin Roosevelt dies in office and Vice-President Harry Truman is sworn in as 33rd US President.
1954 – Bill Haley & Comets records “Rock Around Clock.”
1954 – Joe Turner releases “Shake, Rattle & Roll.”
1960 – Bill Veeck & Chicago Comiskey Park debuts “Exploding Scoreboard”.
1961 – 3rd Grammy Awards: Theme From a Summer Place, Ray Charles wins 4.
1970 – Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio.
1975 – Linda Ronstadt releases “When Will I Be Loved”
1980 – US Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of the Moscow Olympic games.
1987 – Texaco files for bankruptcy.
1990 – H.J. Heinz, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee Seafood say they wouldn’t buy tuna caught in nets that trap dolphins.
1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
2014 – The new drug, ABT-450 with a 90-95% success rate for treating Hepatitis C, is announced.
2015 – Hillary Clinton announces she will run for the Democratic nominee for US President for the 2nd time.
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