1879 – Milk was sold in a glass bottle for first time by Echo Farms Dairy in New York City.
1904 – New York City changed the name of Longacre Square to Times Square in honor of the New York Times newspaper moving to the area.
1913 – 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified by Congress, providing for election of senators by popular vote instead of state legislatures.
1914 – United States and Colombia signed a treaty which aimed to settle differences arising from events surrounding the Panama Canal Zone.
1935 – Works Progress Administration was approved by Congress to combat the Great Depression by providing jobs and infrastructure projects.
1943 – President Franklin Roosevelt, in an attempt to check inflation, froze wages and prices, prohibited workers from changing jobs unless the effort during World War II would be aided, and barred rate increases to common carriers and public utilities.
1945 – NFL Draft: University of Georgia halfback Charley Trippi was the first pick by the Chicago Cardinals.
1952 – President Harry Truman seized steel mills to avert a strike, fearing a strike would cripple the effort during the Korean War. The move later was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
1956 – Six Marine Corps recruits drowned during a night “marsh march” in Ribbon Creek at Parris Island, South Carolina. Drill instructor Staff Sergeant Matthew McKeon was court-martialed.
1960 – Senate passed the Civil Rights Bill, which included measures against discriminatory voting practices and established federal inspection of voter registration polls.
1964 – NASA launched the unmanned Gemini 1, successfully placing the spacecraft into orbit and verifying the structural integrity of the Titan II launch vehicle.
1968 – Major League Baseball decided to postpone Opening Day because of the assassination of civil right leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. four days earlier.
1974 – Discovery Island opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. It originally opened as Treasure Island before being renamed in 1976.
1974 – Hammerin’ Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run off Los Angeles Dodgers’ Al Downing in Atlanta, breaking Babe Ruth’s Major League Baseball record.
1984 – United States Census Bureau estimated Los Angeles as the second most populated city with 3,022,247 people, displacing Chicago with 2,997,155, which had held the position since 1890. New York City remained on top with 7,164,742.
1994 – Smoking was banned inside the Pentagon and all United States military bases.
2004 – National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice testified before the 9/11 Commission in regard to the terrorist attacks in 2001.
2016 – 31st Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were Chicago, Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Steve Miller, and N.W.A.
2019 – 600 million birds died each year in the United States after striking tall buildings, with Chicago identified as the most dangerous city for migratory birds, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
2021 – President Joe Biden said “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic” as he unveiled a package of executive actions, including restrictions on “ghost guns.”
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