1760 – NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine.
1809 – 1st US steamboat to make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Philadelphia.
1847 – Chicago Tribune begins publishing.
1905 – 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine.
1921 – Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120.
1932 – 1st demonstration of artificial lighting, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
1935 – In Akron, Ohio, Dr. Robert H. Smith (Dr. Bob) from Akron & Bill Wilson from New York City form Alcoholics Anonymous (date of Smith’s last drink)
1939 – MGM cartoon character Barney Bear debuts.
1943 – FDR signs withholding tax bill into law.
1944 – Relief pitcher Joe Nuxhall at 15 years, 316 days, debuts for Cincinnati Reds: youngest pitcher in MLB history; becomes All Star and broadcaster.
1955 – 1st separation of virus into component parts reported.
1963 – US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy.
1966 – Mamas & Papas win gold record for “Monday, Monday”
1975 – Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans.
1977 – Apple Computers ships its first Apple II computers.
1985 – Coca Cola announces they’re bringing back their 99-year-old formula.
1990 – Senior Tournament Players Championship Men’s Golf, Dearborn CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his second of 8 champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Lee Trevino.
1991 – South Florida and Denver picked for 1993 NFL franchises.
2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2013 – Superman film “Man of Steel” directed by Zack Snyder, starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams premieres in New York City.
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