1902 – First Automat restaurant opens at 818 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the first woman to drive across the United States, driving a Maxwell 30 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days.
1914 – Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Honus Wagner is second player to get 3,000 hits.
1923 – Cash carrying company Brinks unveils first armored security vans.
1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter and closet racketeer Jake Lingle is shot at close range and killed at the Illinois Central train station allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. Mobster Leo Brothers was convicted of the murder.
1934 – First appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon “The Wise Little Hen.”
1943 – President Franklin Roosevelt signs Current Tax Payment Act into law authorizing tax to be withheld from worker’s wages to go straight to government.
1946 – 66,945 fans help New York Yankees break the one million attendance mark.
1953 – Milton Berle’s TV show “Texaco Star Theater” last aired on NBC-TV.
1958 – Novelty song “The Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley hits #1.
1962 – Warner Bros. “Bill of Hare” with Bugs Bunny premieres.
1969 – Warren Burger confirmed as Supreme Court Chief Justice.
1978 – Larry Holmes beats Ken Norton in a 15 round split decision at Caesar’s Palace in Paradise, Nevada for the WBC heavyweight boxing title.
1984 – Donald Duck’s 50th birthday celebrated at Disneyland.
1990 – Los Angeles Dodgers’ Eddie Murray ties Mickey Mantle with the 10th time he has hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a game.
1995 – Movie “Smoke” premieres, loosely based on the Dearborn Heights, Michigan murders committed by Gregory Green.
2003 – Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, New Jersey: New Jersey Devils beat Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3-0 for a 4-3 series win.
2012 – It is announced that up to $125 million in loans will be given to aid Spain’s struggling banks.
2021 – Marvel TV series “Loki,” starring Tom Hiddleston, premieres on Disney+.
2022 – Two people are rescued after falling into a tank of chocolate at Mars M&M factory in Pennsylvania.
2023 – Former President Donald Trump indicted by a federal grand jury on 37 counts on seven charges, including false statements, conspiracy to obstruct and willful retention of national defense information.
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