1621 – Mayflower sails from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
1792 – George Washington casts 1st presidential veto.
1806 – Issac Quintard patents apple cider.
1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company starts producing inflatable tires.
1925 – Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in NC due to an ulcer.
1936 – Tupelo, Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 215 die.
1948 – WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL, (IND) begins broadcasting.
1951 – Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, atomic spies, sentenced to death.
1954 – Elvis Presley records his debut single “That’s All Right”
1959 – 23rd Masters Golf Tournament: Art Wall, Jr. wins, shooting a 284.
1961- Barbra Streisand appears on “Jack Paar Show.”
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600 miles.
1965 – 37th Academy Awards: “My Fair Lady”, Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins) win awards.
1971 – US Lt. William Caley sentenced to imprisonment for murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre.
1979 – Baltimore manager Earl Weaver wins his 1,000th game as a skipper.
1989 – David Letterman becomes 1st network TV series to use dolby service.
1997 – Steve Irwin’s “The Crocodile Hunter” debuts.
2009 – 44th Academy of Country Music Awards: Carrie Underwood & Brad Paisley win.
2016 – PayPal announces it is cancelling a $3.6 million investment in North Carolina after the state legislature passes anti-gay legislation.
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