1895 – Georgetown becomes a part of Washington, D.C.
1903 – Congress adopts the Expedition Act, which authorizes the Attorney General to “expedite” anti-trust cases through the courts, reflecting growing popular support for President Theodore Roosevelt’s “trust busting” campaign.
1916 – Emma Goldman arrested for lecturing on birth control.
1918 – President Woodrow Wilson makes another speech before Congress and announces “the Four Principles” — freedom of navigation, an end to secret diplomacy, and similar items — that supplement his Fourteen Points.
1922 – “April Showers” by Al Jolson hits #1.
1928 – II Winter Olympic Games open in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
1937 – 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan ends.
1943 – General Dwight Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe. British General Bernard Montgomery was not pleased.
1945 – 1st gas turbine propeller-driven airplane flight tested in Downey, California.
1949 – “Lovesick Blues” single released by Hank Williams. It was Cashbox “Best Hillbilly Record ot the Year” and Billboard Song of the Year.
1963 – Chef Julia Childs show “The French Chef” premieres on WGBH in Boston. It was one of the first cooking shows in the United States.
1966 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willis Mays signs baseball’s largest at $130,000 per year.
1974 – First Major League Baseball arbitration case: Minnesota Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 and wins over the Twins’ offer of $23,000.
1979 – 43 million watched “Elvis!” on ABC.
1989 – Episcopal Church Diocese of Massachusetts installs 59-year-old Barbara Harris as first female bishop of a US Episcopal church.
1997 – STS 82 (Discovery) launches.
2007 – 49th Grammy Awards: Dixie Chicks – “Not Ready to Make Nice”, Carrie Underwood (new artist and female country vocalist), Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Red Hot Chili Peppers win.
2012 – Israeli Air Force conducts four strikes in Gaza Strip.
2019 – Artificial Intelligence system meant to assist diagnosis in the future is pitted against physicians in a test to diagnose 600,000 patients in results published in “Nature Medicine.” Artificial Intelligence won.
2021 – California’s COVID-19 death toll overtakes New York’s, reaching 45,496 amid first sign of failing infection numbers, according to John Hopkins figures.
2021 – President Joe Biden rescinds the national emergency order used by Donald Trump to fund the border wall with Mexico.
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