1845 – Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1901 – King C. Gillette begins selling safety razor blades.
1927 – 1st Model A Ford sold for $385.
1933 – Fred Astaire’s 1st film, “Dancing Lady”, released.
1939 – NY’s La Guardia Airport began operation as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight.
1944 – US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar.
1948 – After one of the best season in baseball history, St. Louis Cardinals utility Stan Musial is named NL MVP; leads NL in batting average (.365). runs (135), RBI (131), hits (230), doubles (46), triples (18) & slugging (.702), with 39 HRs.
1951 – Future Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Don Hutson’s has #14 jersey retired by the Green Bay Packers; first number retired in the history of the franchise.
1954 – US Senate censures Joseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for “conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute”
1957 – Sam Cooke’s single “You Send Me” reaches #1.
1961 – Fidel Castro declares he’s a Marxist & will lead Cuba to Communism.
1963 – MLB Rules Committee bans oversized catcher’s mitts; rule effective only in 1965.
1968 – US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor.
1974 – MLB Rules Committee changes long time philosophy to permit the use of cowhide, rather than just horsehide in the manufacture of baseball.
1982 – 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart.
1984 – Miami quarterback Dan Marino breaks NFL single-season touchdown pass record when he throws his 37th in the Dolphins’ 45-34 loss to the Raiders; finishes season with 48 TD passes.
1991 – Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bobby Bonilla becomes highest paid player in MLB when he agrees to record $29 million-5 year deal with New York Mets.
2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
2014 – Stephen Hawking claims that Artificial Intelligence could be a “threat to mankind” and spell the end of the human race.
2018 – Trade war truce agreed between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at F-20 meeting in Argentina.
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