1789 – President-elect George Washington moves into Franklin House, New York.
1900 – 1st known occurrence of word “hillbillie” (NY Journal)
1919 – US Major League Baseball opens a reduced 140-game season.
1931 – US gangster film “The Public Enemy” starring James Cagney and Jean Harlow premieres.
1940 – Dance hall fire kills 198 in Natchez, Mississippi.
1945 – US troops in Italy cross river Po.
1950 – 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5)
1952 – New York Giants Hoyt Wilhelm win his 1st relief game & hits his only HR.
1958 – Gil Hodges hits his 300th HR & Pee Wee Reese plays in 2,000th game.
1964 – James Baldwin’s play “Blues for Mr Charlie” premieres in NYC.
1968 – United Methodist Church forms.
1972 – Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface.
1982 – The 8-bit personal home computer the Sinclair ZX Spectrum is released (goes on to sell 5 million worldwide)
1985 – New Coke debuts; Coca Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula.
1992 – McDonald’s opens its 1st fast-food restaurant in China.
2002 – Pope Paul II meets with U.S. Catholic Church leaders at Vatican regarding sexual abuse of minors.
2005 – NFL Draft: University of Utah quarterback Alex Smith first pick by San Francisco 49ers,
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.
2020 – US President Donald Trump suggests COVID-19 might be treated by injecting disinfectant or UV lights into a human body at a White House press briefing. Government officials and disinfectant companies quickly state doing so is not only extremely dangerous but potentially deadly.
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