1833 – 1st US supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
1866 – Civil Rights Bill passes over President Andrew Johnson’s veto.
1909 – The US Congress passes the Payne-Aldrich bill, raising certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
1912 – 1st exhibition baseball game at Fenway Park (Red Sox vs Harvard)
1923 – In ‘Adkins vs Children’s Hospital’, the US Supreme Court finds that the minimum wage law for women and children, adopted by District of Columbia, is unconstitutional.
1928 – Mae West’s NYC debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”
1939 – Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1941 – PGA establishes Golf Hall of Fame.
1947 – Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300.
1950 – Bob Hope’s 1st TV appearance.
1954 – WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting.
1962 – 26th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Arnold Palmer wins the 3rd of his 4 Masters titles in an 18 hole Monday playoff with Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald; tournament’s first three-way playoff.
1968 – Martin Luther King, Jr., buried in Atlanta.
1974 – San Diego Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans “Ladies and Gentlemen, I suffer with you, I’ve never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life.”
1978 – In separate NBA games Denver’s David Thompson scores 73 points & San Antonio’s George Gervin scores 63 points (33 in 1 quarter)
1986 – “Dallas” announces it will revive killed Bobby Ewing character.
1994 – STS-59 (Endeavour) launches into orbit.
2003 – Baghdad falls to U.S. forces, ending the invasion of Iraq, but resulting in widespread looting.
2012 – “The Lion King” becomes the highest grossing Broadway show after overtaking “The Phantom of the Opera”
2018 – US Senator Tammy Duckworth becomes the first senator to give birth while in office.
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