1894 – Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time in a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1904 – Andrew Carngie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund.
1912 – Girl Scouts begin as the Girl Guides, formed by Julitte Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia.
1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people.
1933 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt conducts his first “fireside chat” via radio, speaking directly to 60 million listening Americans eight days after his inauguration.
1945 – New York is first to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment.
1947 – President Harry Truman introduces the Truman Doctrine to fight communism.
1951 – Comic strip “Dennis the Menace,” first appears in the British comic magazine “The Beano.”
1956 – Dow Jones closes above 500 for first time (500.24)
1964 – 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine & Roses, Barbra Streisand wins two.
1970 – United States lowers voting from 21 to 18.
1978 – American speed skater Eric Heiden sets world record in 1000 meters in 1:14.99.
1985 – Larry Bird scores a Boston Celtics record 60 points.
1989 – 36th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #9 North Carolina beats #7 Duke 77-74.
1993 – Entertainment Tonight’s 3,000th show.
1998 – “The Sound of Music” opens at Martin Beck Theater in New York City.
2008 – Streaming service Hulu launches for public access.
2019 – Dozens charged in college admission scandal by federal prosecutors, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman.
2020 – NCAA men’s basketball tournament is cancelled over concerns of the spread of COVID-19. It’s the first time “March Madness” was not held since it began in 1939. Women’s tournament also cancelled.
2023 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Scottie Scheffler becomes third golfer, joining Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, to hold Masters & Players titles at same time. Scheffler won by 5 strokes over England’s Tyrell Hatton.
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