1914 – 181 die in coal mine collapse in Eccles, West Virginia.
1919 – First jump with US Army Air Corps (rip-cord type) parachute is made by Les Irvin.
1928 – RCA and GE install three test television sets in homes in Schenectady, New York, allowing trials of inventor E.F.W. Alexananderson’s first home television receiver which was a poor and unsteady 1.5 square inch picture that was received by radio transmitter.
1931 – Program for women athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field.
1934 – President Franklin Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act.
1937 – First commercial flight across the Pacific operated by Pan Am Airlines.
1940 – Glenn Miller records “Pennsylvania 6-5000.”
1944 – “Exercise Tiger” ends with 749 US soldiers dead in D-Day rehearsal after their convoy ships were attacked by German torpedo boats off Slapton Sands, Devon.
1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO.
1957 – WSOC-TV channel 9 in Charlotte (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1961 – Milwaukee Braves’ future Hall of Fame pitcher Warren Spahn throws his second career no-hitter at age 41, beating the San Francisco Giants 1-0 at County Stadium.
1966 – 38th Academy Awards: “The Sound of Music”, Julie Christie and Lee Marvin win.
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.
1977 – American defense employee Christopher John Boyce convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
1985 – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela sets record of 41 scoreless innings to start season.
1987 – National Basketball Association announces expansion to Charlotte and Miami in 1988 and Minnesota and Orlando in 1989.
1997 – “Jekyll & Hyde” opens at Plymouth Theater in New York City.
2003 – Andre Agassi recaptures the world Number 1 ranking to become the oldest top-ranked male at 33 years, 13 days in the history of the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings.
2011 – NFL Draft: Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is the first pick by the Carolina Panthers.
2019 – Disney says Marvel film “Avenger: Endgame” made an estimated $1.2 billion worldwide, making it the first film to make more than $1 billion on opening.
2021 – President Joe Biden makes a major speech to a joint session of Congress calling for a new era of government spending.
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