1909 – Congress passed the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
1914 – President Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize Victoriano Huerta as President of Mexico on the grounds that the dictator had not been elected by the people.
1923 – In “Adkins vs. Children’s Hospital,” the Supreme Court found that the minimum wage law for women and children, adopted by the District of Columbia, was unconstitutional.
1928 – Mae West’s made her New York City debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil.”
1940 – PGA established the Golf Hall of Fame at the suggestion of sportswriter Grantland Rice.
1945 – National Football League required players to wear long stockings. The rule remains in effect.
1947 – Tornadoes struck West Texas and Oklahoma, killing 169 people and injuring 1,300.
1950 – Bob Hope made his first national television appearance as the regular host of the variety show Star Spangled Revue.
1954 – WECT-TV,channel 6 in Wilmington, North Carolina began broadcasting.
1959 – Bill Sharman extended his NBA record to 56 consecutive free throws made.
1963 – Winston Churchill became the first honorary United States citizen by President John F. Kennedy.
1965 – First baseball game at the Houston Astrodome: The Astros beat the New York Yankees 2-1 in an exhibition as Mickey Mantle hit the first indoor home run with President Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird, in attendance.
1967 – The First Boeing 737-100 made its maiden test flight.
1974 – San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc addressed fans over the public address system, saying, “Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you. I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life,” after the team lost to the Houston Astros.
1981 – Navy nuclear submarine USS George Washington rammed Japanese freighter Nissho Maru, sinking the civilian ship in the South China Sea.
1989 – Washington, D.C. march supporting the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that allowed abortions.
1994 – Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-59, launched into orbit on a mission to deploy the Space Radar Laboratory..
2012 – “The Lion King” became the highest grossing Broadway show, overtaking “The Phantom of the Opera” in total earnings with $853,846,062.
2018 – Senator Tammy Duckworth of Illinois became the first senator to give while in office.
2022 – Joel Embiid was named the NBA scoring champion, averaging 30.6 points per game, becoming the first center in over 40 years to average more than 30 points per game.
2024 – Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 1864 law banning all abortions except to save a woman’s life.
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