1836 – Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.
1869 – Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
1884 – “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is first published in the UK and Canada (US Feb 1885, due to printing error)
1906 – US President Theodore Roosevelt is the 1st American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1919 – National League votes to ban the spitball’s use by all new pitchers.
1922 – Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kick field goal, 45 yards.
1927 – “Grand Ole Opry” first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee.
1936 – Edward VIll signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
1945 – Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car.
1954 – Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize.
1962 – David Lean’s film “Lawrence of Arabia”, based on life of T.E. Lawrence and starring Peter O’Toole, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square (Academy Awards Best Picture 1963)
1963 – 6-year old Donny Osmond’s singing debut on Andy Williams Show.
1973 – First time since 1885, tennis has 2 top male players – Americans Stan Smith and Jimmy Conners.
1982 – CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms.
1985 – Bill to balance the federal budget passed by US Congress.
1993 – Dow Jones hits record 3740.67.
2009 – US President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
2012 – Google begins selling US$99 laptops.
2013 – Mary Barra of General Motors becomes the first female CEO of a major automotive company.
2019 – Shooting at a New Jersey cemetery and a kosher supermarket leaves six dead, including the two shooters, in suspected anti-Semitic attack.
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