1791 – US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution.
1836 – Patent Office burns in Washington, D.C.
1917 – World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Russian Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
1933 – Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15.
1935 – National Football League Championship, University of Detroit Stadium: Detroit Lions beat New York Giants, 26-7; Lions first title.
1939 – “Gone With the Wind”, drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh, premieres in Atlanta (Best Picture 1940, inflation not adjusted highest-grossing film of all time)
1939 – 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn in Seaford, Delaware.
1941 – USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship.
1950 – NYC’s Port Authority opens.
1952 – Christine Jorgenson is he first known American to undergo a sex-change operation.
1954 – Fordham University scrapes football team for financial reasons.
1955 – “Folsom Prison Blues” single released by Johnny Casy (Billboard Song of the Year 1968)
1956 – WRAL TV 5 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting.
1973 – American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not a mental illness.
1982 – Bill Parcels becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants.
1992 – Arthurs Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year.
2004 – “Million Dollar Baby”, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman is released (Best Picture 2005)
2009 — Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.
2011 – ESPN and the NCAA extend their TV rights deal through 2023-24, giving the network worldwide multi-media rights to 24 NCAA championships for various sports; deal worth $500m.
2016 – White supremacist Dylann Roof is found guilty of the Charleston Church Massacre which killed 9.
2018 – Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas.
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