1812 – Congress authorizes war bonds to finance the War of 1812.
1862 – Battle of New Bern, North Carolina; General Burnside conquers New Bern.
1900 – US currency goes on gold standard after Congress passes the Currency Act.
1913 – John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation.
1923 – President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st president to pay taxes.
1936 – Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue.
1950 – FBI’s “10 Most Wanted Fugitives” program begins.
1954 – Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox.
1958 – RIAA certifies 1st gold record – Perry Como’s single “Catch a Falling Star”
1964 – Dallas, Texas: Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald’s murder.
1971 – Barbra Streisand appears on “The Burt Bacharach Special” on CBS TV.
1973 – Future US senator John McCain is released after spending over five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner of war camp.
1983 – OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 21 years.
1990 – 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul ll Soul, Janet Jackson win.
1993 – 40th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats #1 North Carolina, 77-75.
1997 – Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson wins 67th James E Sullivan Award.
2004 – 51st ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Maryland beats #5 Duke, 95-87.
2006 – Mike Wallace retires from news program “60 Minutes” after 37 years.
2013 – Xi Jinping named the new President of the People’s Republic of China.
2021 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: American Justin Thomas edges Lee Westwood of England by 1 stroke; Thomas wins $2.7 million winner’s share of the $15 million purse.
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