1789 – President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York.
1860 – Democratic convention in Charleston, South Carolina divided over slavery.
1900 – 1st known occurrence of word “hillbilly” (NY Journal)
1919 – Major league baseball opens a reduced 140-game season.
1936 – Carl Hubbell’s 1st start of season is his 17th straight win.
1939 – Boston Red Sox Ted Williams hits his 1st HR.
1943 – British and US offensive directed at Tunis and Bizerta.
1952 – New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st relief game & hits his only HR.
1959 – “Destry Rides Again” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances.
1962 – Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral.
1965 – “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” single released by the Four Tops (Billboard Song of the Year 1965)
1968 – United Methodist Church forms.
1969 – Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death for killing Bobby Kennedy.
1972 – Apollo 16 astronauts explore Moon surface.
1978 – Reds Joe Morgan ends record streak of 91 consecutive errorless games at 2nd base.
1985 – New Coke debuts; Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula.
1988 – Federal smoking ban during domestic flights of 2 hours or less.
1989 – NFL Draft: UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman first pick by Dallas Cowboys.
2013 – A 1% flash crash hits the US stock market after a news agency was hacked and claimed injury to President Obama.
2015 – Loretta Lynch is confirmed as the first African-American woman as US Attorney-General, succeeding Eric Holder.
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