1789 – George Washington heads for 1st presidential inauguration.
1861 – US President Abraham Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states (US Civil War)
1900 – US Post Office issues first books of postage stamps.
1917 – 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy in 2:28:37.2.
1922 – Annie Oakley sets women’s record by breaking 100 clay targets in a row.
1929 – NY Yankees become 1st team to wear uniform numbers.
1932 – Short film “The Music Box” released in the US, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (1932 Academy Award Best Live Action Short Film)
1940 – Cleveland Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chicago, 1-0.
1945 – World War II: US Army invades and seizes the le Shima Airfield on le Shima Island near Okinawa.
1947 – Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx.
1956 – 1st solar powered radios go on sale.
1962 – Walter Cronkite begins anchoring CBS Evening News.
1972 – Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
1980 – Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.
1983 – Steve Garvey sets NL record playing in 1,118 consecutive games.
1987 – Michael Jordan becomes the second NBA player in history to score 3000 points in a season.
1990 – Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week.
2004 – The super liner Queen Mary 2 embarks on her first Transatlantic crossing, linking the golden age of ocean travel to the modern age of ocean travel.
2007 – Virginia Tech massacre: The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The gunman, Seung-Hul Cho, kills 32 people and injures 23 others before committing suicide.
2015 – Elizabeth Holmes, American entrepreneur, inventor, and founder and CEO of Theranos, is named one of TIME’s “100 Most Influendial People” of 2015.
2019 – Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson becomes the highest paid player in NFL history with a 4-year $140m extension including record $65m signing bonus.
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