1855 – 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston.
1919 – 1st jump with US Army Air Corps (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin)
1924 – 119 die in coal mine disaster at Benwood, West Virginia.
1934 – FDR signs Home Owners Loan Act.
1937 – 1st animated cartoon electric sign displayed (NYC)
1937 – 1st commercial flight across Pacific operated by Pan Am.
1942 – Nightly “dim-out” begins along US East Coast.
1945 – US 5th army reaches Swiss border.
1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1957 – WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1961 – Warren Spahn pitches 2nd no-hitter at 41, beats SF Giants, 1-0.
1965 – Lindsey Nelson broadcast baseball game at Astrodome from a hanging gondola.
1967 – The Douglas Aircraft Company behind schedule with deliveries of the DC-8 and DC-9 and close to bankruptcy agrees to merge with the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to form McDonnell Douglas.
1980 – Reunion Arena in Dallas opens.
1985 – Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season.
1986 – Soviet TV news program Vremya announces a nuclear accident at Chernobyl nuclear poser station, 2 days after the event.
1990 – “Chorus Line” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 6,137 performances.
2001 – Millionaire Dennis Tito becomes the world’s first space tourist.
2003 – Andre Agassi recaptures the world no.1 ranking to become the oldest top-ranked male in the history of the ATP rankings (33 years, 13 days)
2011 – NFL Draft: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton first pick by Carolina Panthers.
2019 – Disney says Marvel film “Avengers: Endgame” made estimated $1.2 billion worldwide, first film to make more than 1 billion on opening.
2020 – US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
2020 – US Department of Defense releases three declassified videos of possible UFOs from 2004 and 2015.
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