1848 – Thomas Douglas becomes 1st public teacher in San Francisco.
1882 – American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home.
1889 – Savings Bank of Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Virginia.
1918 – US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler.
1926 – Second flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard.
1933 – 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest.
1948 – 1st US figure skating championship held.
1948 – US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1953 – American magazine “TV Guide” publishes 1st issue, features on the cover the new born baby of actors Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Jr.
1955 – The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg’s book ‘Howl’ against obscenity charges.
1958 – Fidel Castro’s rebels attacked Havana.
1960 – Elvis Presley records ‘It’s Now or Never’, ‘Fever’ and ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’ at RCA studios in Nashville, Tennessee.
1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start a policy of “Vietnamization”, reducing American involvement.
1973 – 1st mobile phone call is made in downtown Manhattan, NYC by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to the Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey.
1983 – Nabisco Dinah Shore Women’s Golf, Mission Hills CC: In strong winds, Amy Alcott wins by 2 strokes ahead of Kathy Whitworth and Beth Daniel; firs year tournament regarded as a major title.
1986 – US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000.
1987 – Bill Elliot sets NASCAR qualifying record of 212.809 mph at Talladega.
1994 – The Tradition Senior Men’s Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Ray Floyd wins first of 4 Champions Tour majors with birdie on first playoff hole against Dale Douglass.
2008 – Mariah Carey overtakes Elvis Presley’s record of 17 No. 1 US hits with her 18th ‘Touch My Body’, only the The Beatles have more than 20.
2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination.
2017 – 79th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: North Carolina defeats Gonzaga, 71-65; Tar Heels point guard Joel DeWayne Berry II, 22 points.
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