1639 – Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill.
1844 – Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) formed by George Williams in London.
1882 – Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC.
1900 – US Congress pass an act authorizing a civil code and government for the territory of Alaska after gold discoveries bring lawlessness and disorder to the area.
1923 – Gangster Albert Anastasia is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years in prison.
1925 – Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacture Chrysler Corporation.
1933 – US Employment Service created.
1944 – Operation Overload D-Day begins as the 156,000-strong Allied Expeditionary Force lands in Normandy, France, during World War II.
1960 – Roy Orbison releases “Only the Lonely”
1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1966 – NFL & AFL announce their merger.
1971 – Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra innings HR.
1977 – “Washington Post” reports US has developed neutron bomb.
1983 – 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins & Roy Acuff.
1988 – George H.W. Bush makes campaign promise to support reparations for WW II to Japanese-American internees (promise broken, May 1989)
1998 – TV sitcom “Sex and the City” premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.
1991 – NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson as host on “The Tonight Show” on May 25, 1992.
2005 – The United Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
2018 – LeBron James eclipses Michael Jordan’s record (109) for most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in Cleveland Cavaliers’ 110-102 Game 3 Finals loss to Golden State Warriors.
2018 – Convicted drug trafficker, Alice Johnson, granted clemency by US President Donald Trump after Kim Kardashian highlights case.
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