1677 – Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000.
1790 – John Martin, 1st American-born actor, performs in Philadelphia.
1852 – Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly.
1868 – Senate begins US President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial.
1884 – US adopts Standard Time.
1911 – Ivan Caryll’s musical “Pink Lady” premieres in NYC.
1913 – Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures.
1925 – Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution.
1938 – World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS Radio in the United States.
1948 – 10th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42.
1950 – General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record).
1960 – NFL’s Chicago Cardinals moves to St. Louis.
1961 – JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress.
1965 – Beatles’ ” Eight Days a Week” single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks.
1970 – Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer.
1980 – Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto.
1986 – Microsoft has its Initial public offering.
1992 – FCC rules companies can own 30 AM & 30 FM stations (formerly 12).
2005 – Terry Ratzmann shoots and kills six members of the Living Church of God and the minister at Sheraton Inn in Brookfield, Wisconsin before killing himself.
2012 – Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer publish printed versions of it encyclopedia.
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