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.
1904 – National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1923 – Gangster Albert Anastasia is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm and sentenced to two years in prison.
1925 – Walter Chrysler founds automobile manufacturer Chrysler Corporation.
1931 – “There Ought To Be A Moonlight Saving Time” by Guy Lombardo hits #1.
1932 – US Federal gas tax enacted.
1941 – Giants baseball team use plastic batting helmets for 1st time.
1949 – “It Pays To Be Ignorant” game show debut on CBS-TV.
1955 – Bill Haley & Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock” hits #1.
1965 – Rolling Stones release single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1968 – Senator Robert Kennedy dies from his wounds after he was shot the previous night.
1971 – “Ed Sullivan Show” last broadcast on CBS-TV.
1977 – Supreme Court tosses out automatic death penalty laws.
1988 – 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis & Statler Brothers.
1991 – NBC announces Jay Leno will succeed Johnny Carson on May 25, 1992.
1998 – TV sitcom “Sex and the City” premieres in the US on HBO, starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.
2005 – The United States Supreme Court votes to ban medical marijuana in Gonzales v. Raich.
2015 – Convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat break out of Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York.
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