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1869 – Harper’s Weekly publishes 1st picture of Uncle Sam with chin whiskers.

1894 – Bottle opener patented by William Painter.

1911 – 1st old-age home opened in Prescott, Arizona.

1921 – “The Kid”, silent film starring Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Cooper, released.

1935 – “Monopoly” board game goes on sale for 1st time.

1943 – Singer Frank Sinatra debuts on radio’s “Your Hit Parade”

1948 – 1st radio controlled airplane flown.

1951 – Radio commentator Paul Harvey arrested for trying to sneak into Argonne National Laboratory, a nuclear test site located 20 miles west of Chicago.

1958 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Ted Williams becomes highest paid player in MLB when he re-signs with Boston Red Sox for $135,000.

1965 – Righteous Brothers “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin'” hits #1.

1971 – 1st time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shephard)

1974 – US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of President Richard Nixon.

1980 – John Wayne Gacy goes on trial for the murder of 33 young men in Cook County, Illinois.

1987 – No-smoking rules take effect in US federal buildings.

1990 – Groundbreaking begins on Baltimore Orioles’ new $102 million stadium.

1995 – Rapper Tupac Shakur convicted on sexual assault charge and sentenced to up to 4 1/2 years in prison.

1998 – Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, who violated probation by seeing 14-year-old father of baby, sentenced to 7 years.

1998 – Washington National Airport is renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.

2011 – Super Bowl XLV, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX: Green Bay Packers beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25; MVP: Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay, QB.

2014 – Jay Leno ends his time on “Tonight Show”

2018 – Elon Musk’s company SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket.

2020 – Date of the 1st COVID-19 related death in the US (confirmed by the CDC April 21)

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