1862 – Ralph Waldo Emerson and Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner meet with President Abraham Lincoln at The White House in Washington, DC.
1897 – First auto insurance policy in the United States issued by Travelers Insurance Company.
1906 – First federal penitentiary building completed in Leavenworth, Kansas.
1914 – Pennsylvania State Board of (motion picture) Censors appointed.
1926 – Land at Broadway & Wall Street sold at a record $7 per square inch.
1935 – 1st “March of Time” newsreel premieres at the Capitol.
1944 – US 7th Infantry/4th Marine Division lands on Kwajalein/Roi/Namur.
1950 – Green Bay Packers founder, player and coach Curly Lambeau resigns after 31 seasons and 6 NFL titles to his credit.
1953 – “You Are There” with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television.
1957 – First black pilot (PH Young) on a US scheduled passenger airline.
1959 – Senior PGA Championship, PGA National GC: Willie Goggin, using a borrowed set of woods, wins by 1 stroke ahead of Leland Gibson, Paul Runyan and Denny Shute.
1965 – Peter Jennings, 26, becomes anchor of ABC’s nightly news.
1972 – First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced. It cost $395.
1981 – 31st NBA All-Star Game, Coliseum at Richfield, Ohio: East beats West 123-120. Most Valuable Player is Boston Celtics guard Nate Archibald.
1989 – Diana, Princess of Wales, visits New York City.
1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by Congress.
2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing the seven astronauts aboard.
2008 – Minnesota starter Johan Santana signs a 6-year, $137.5 million deal with the New York Mets to become the highest-paid pitcher in MLB history. He was traded from Twins to the Mets.
2014 – “The Lego Movie,” a computer-animated film based on the Lego toys, with voices including Chris Pratt and Will Ferrell, premieres in Los Angeles.
2023 – At age 45, Tom Brady, regarded as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time, announces his retirement after a 23-year career and a record 7 Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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