1898 – Spanish-American War: Spain declared war after rejecting United States’ ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
1908 – Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock and their children departed Los Angeles in a Packard Thirty, endeavoring to become the first family to travel across the United States by car, arriving in New York City in 32 days, 5 hours and 25 minutes.
1913 – The Woolworth Building opened in New York City at a cost of $13.5 million and at 792 feet it was the world’s tallest building.
1928 – The fathometer, a device that measures underwater depth, was patented by Herbert Grove Dorsey.
1944 – First Boeing B-19 arrived in China, flying over the Himalayan Mountains, which was known as flying “Over the Hump.” This flight was part of a larger effort to supply China with crucial resources during World War II.
1961 – President John Kennedy accepted “sole responsibility” following the Bay of Pigs invasion on the south coast of Cuba, which was an attempt to topple Fidel Castro.
1967 – Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland said in a news conference that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.”
1974 – National Football League granted a franchise to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the team to begin play in 1976.
1979 – Georgia designated Ray Charles’ rendition of “Georgia On My Mind,” written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, as the official state song.
1986 – Film “Crocodile Dundee,” starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski, premiered in Australia. It was the highest grossing film of the year in the United States.
2018 – Streaming music services overtook worldwide sales of CDs and vinyl for the first time, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
2023 – India surpassed China as the world most populous country, according to United Nations estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people. India was estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064.
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