1776 – Assembly of New Hampshire adopts its 1st state constitution.
1836 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo.
1846 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Territory with the United Kingdom.
1875 – President Grant sends federal troops to Vicksburg, Miss.
1905 – National Association of Audubon Society, a non-profit, environmental organization dedicated to conservation, incorporates.
1914 – Ford Motor Co. wages jump from $2.40/9 hour day to $5.00/8 hour day.
1925 – Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman governor in USA.
1930 – Bonnie Parker meets Clyde Barrow for the first time at Clarence Clay’s house.
1940 – FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal.
1946 – “Show Boat” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 417 performances.
1959 – “Bozo the Clown” live children’s show premieres on TV.
1959 – Buddy Holly releases his last record “It Doesn’t Matter”
1968 – Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law.
1970 – Soap Opera “All My Children” premieres on ABC.
1972 – US President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on a manned space shuttle.
1976 – “MacNeil-Lehrer Report” premieres on PBS.
1989 – Baseball signs $400M with ESPN, showing 175 games in 1990.
1993 – Reggie Jackson elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 – Miami Dolphin coach Don Shula announces his retirement.
1997 – “Show Boat” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC.
2007 – Bill Cowher resigns as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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