1788 – 1st settlement in Ohio, at Marietta.
1818 – General Andrew Jackson conquers St. Marks, Florida from Seminole Indians.
1891 – Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day.
1902 – Texas Oil Company (Texaco) forms.
1922 – Warren G. Harding’s Interior Secretary, Albert B. Fall, leases the Teapot Dome oil reserves to Harry Sinclair, setting in motion what comes to be known over the next two years as the Teapot Dome scandals.
1923 – 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in NYC) by Dr. K. Winfield Ney.
1927 – Using phone lines TV is sent from Washington, DC to New York City.
1940 – 1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T. Washington)
1949 – “South Pacific” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances.
1963 – 27th Masters Golf Tournament: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 286.
1964 – IBM announces the System/360.
1969 – Supreme Court strikes down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1973 – Cleveland sets day-game & opening-game attendance records of 74,420.
1980 – President Jimmy Carter breaks relations with Iran during hostage crisis.
1990 – Farm Aid IV concert.
1995 – Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike.
1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
2003 – U.S. troops capture Baghdad: Saddam Hussein’s regime falls two days later.
2014 – 76th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Connecticut beats Kentucky 60-54.
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