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1791 – John Stone of Concord, Massachusetts, patents a pile driver.

1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.

1876 – First telephone call; Alexander Graham Bell says “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you” to his assistant Thomas Watson.

1902 – A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.

1910 – Pittsburgh Courier newspaper begins publishing.

1933 – Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics.

1941 – Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helments.

1945 – Patton’s 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge’s 1st Army.

1960 – 17th Golden Globes: “Ben-Hur”, Anthony Franciosa & Elizabeth Taylor win.

1963 – Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 1st at bats in spring training.

1964 – Simon and Garfunkel record the first version of “The Sound of Silence” at Columbia Studios in New York City.

1965 – “I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail” album by Buck Owens is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1965)

1969 – James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

1978 – “The Incredible Hulk”, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS.

1982 – 8th People’s Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Barbara Mandrell win (TV)

1991 – 38th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #7 North Carolina beats #6 Duke, 96-74.

2000 – 16th Soap Opera Digest Awards – General Hospital wins.

2015 – The family of Marvin Gaye win a record $7.3 million lawsuit for music copyright infringement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.

2020 – New York governor Andrew Cuomo deploys the national guard to New Rochell after one-mile radius zone established as 108 cases of COVID-19 detected.

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