1855 – US citizenship laws amended; all children of US parents born abroad granted US citizenship.
1863 – 1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane of Virginia.
1897 – NY Times begins using slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print”
1915 – US President Woodrow Wilson warns Germany that the US will hold it ‘to a strict accountability’ for ‘property endangered or lives lost’
1923 – Ink paste manufactured for 1st time by Standard ink Company.
1931 – Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s musical “America’s Sweetheart” premieres on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theater, NYC.
1940 – “In The Mood” by Glenn Miller hits #1.
1942 – Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
1947 – WW II peace treaties signed.
1954 – Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam.
1960 – “Unsinkable Molly Brown” closes at Winter Garden NYC, after 532 performances.
1962 – Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA.
1974 – Silver futures hit record $4.81 1/2 an ounce in London.
1981 – 8 killed & 198 injured by fire at Las Vegas Hilton.
1988 – 3-judge panel of 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army’s ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal)
1989 – To gain deregulation WWF admits pro wrestling is an exhibition & not a sport, in a NJ court.
1991 – 41st NBA All-Star Game, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC: East beats West, 116-114; Charles Barkley, MVP, Philadelphia 76ers, F.
1993 – “Michael Jackson Talks to Oprah Winfrey” airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people.
2014 – “This Is How We Roll” single released by Florida Georgian Line featuring Luke Bryan (Billboard Song of the Year 2014)
2019 – Sexual abuse investigation into US Southern Baptist churches reveals 400 church members implicated with over 700 victims, according to The Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News.
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