1865 – Union occupies Fort Anderson, North Carolina.
1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1903 – 1st regular transatlantic radio broadcast between US & England.
1915 – Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude.
1922 – Geological survey says US oil supply would be depleted in 20 years.
1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world’s first men’s briefs in Chicago, calls it the “Jockey”
1938 – General Motors begins mass production of diesel engines.
1955 – “Millionaire” TV program premieres on CBS.
1961 – 1st episode of “Dick Van Dyke Show” is filmed.
1966 – Neil Simons, Coleman & Fields’ musical “Sweet Charity” premieres.
1970 – UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist.
1971 – “No, No Nanette” opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 861 performances.
1972 – Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1977 – Snow falls in Miami, Florida. This is the only time in the history of the city that snowfall has occurred. It also fell in the Bahamas.
1978 – The last Volkswagen Wagon made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America would continue until 2003.
1984 – California Supreme Court rejects the requesting of quadriplegic Elizabeth Bouvia’s to starve herself to death in a public hospital.
1987 – Guy Hunt becomes Alabama’s 1st Republican governor since 1874.
1989 – President Reagan pardons George Steinbrenner for illegal funds for Nixon.
2013 – Lance Armstrong admits to doping in all seven of his Tour de France victories.
2016 – Sarah Palin officially endorses Donald Trump’s presidential bid at a Trump rally in Ames, Iowa.
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