1865 – Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher NC, 40 die
1868 – Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit.
1993 – Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system.
1900 – US gains control over Tutuila in Samoa and several smaller Pacific islands.
1936 – 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah, Florida.
1943 – 1st US air raid on Ambon.
1951 – World’s largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville, Texas, to 134th St. New York City)
1952 – US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary.
1954 – “South Pacific” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances.
1963 – Tennessee Williams’ “Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore” premieres.
1964 – “Hello, Dolly!” opens at St James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances.
1965 – The Searchers’ “Love Potion Number 9” peaks at #3.
1973 – NBC presents 440th & final showing of “Bonanza”
1978 – 5th American Music Awards: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & Conway Twitty.
1985 – “Playboy” announces end of stapling centerfolds.
1991 – 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins.
2001 – US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American war.
2002 – UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and freezes assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the members of the Taliban.
2005 – 62nd Golden Globes: The Aviator, Leonardo DiCaprio, & Hilary Swank win.
2016 – First ever flower grown in space – a zinnia aboard the International Space Station using NASA Veggie system.