1897 – New York Times begins using slogan “All the News That’s Fit to Print.”
1904 – Japan and Russia declare war.
1915 – President Woodrow Wilson protests to Britain on the use of United States flags on British merchant ships to deceive the Germans.
1923 – Ink paste manufactured for first time by Standard Ink Company.
1924 – Bucky Harris, at 27, becomes the youngest baseball manager when he is named to lead the Washington Senators.
1930 – Grain Stabilization Corporation authorized by Congress.
1940 – “In the Mood” by Glenn Miller hits #1.
1947 – World War II peace treaties signed.
1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam.
1960 – “Unsinkable Molly Brown” closes at Winter Garden in New York City after 532 performances.
1961 – Niagara Falls hydroelectric project begins producing power.
1967 – 25th Amendment, the Presidential Disability & Succession Act, ratified.
1974 – Silver futures hit a record $4.81½ an ounce in London.
1985 – 35th NBA All-Star Game, Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis: West beats East 140-128. Houston Rockets center Ralph Sampson named Most Valuable Player.
1989 – To gain deregulation the World Wrestling Federation admits pro wrestling is an exhibition and & not a sport in a New Jersey court.
1997 – 13th Soap Opera Digest Awards: General Hospital wins.
2005 – His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales, announces engagement to Camillia Parker Bowles.
2014 – “This is How We Roll” single released by Florida Georgia Line featuring Luke Bryan. It’s the Billboard Song of the Year.
2015 – Comedian Jon Stewart announces he will be leaving late-night talk and satirical news program “The Daily Show” at the end of the year.
2019 – Sexual abuse investigation into 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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