1888 – Second largest snowfall in New York City history, 21 inches.
1900 – US currency goes on gold standard after Congress passes the Currency Act.
1907 – By Presidential order, Japanese laborers are excluded from entering the United States.
1913 – John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation.
1923 – President Warren G. Harding becomes first president to pay taxes.
1937 – Battle of the Century: Comedians Fred Allen and Jack Benny meet on radio during their “feud.”
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 – Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certifies first gold record – Perry Como’s single “Catch A Falling Star.”
1964 – Dallas, Texas: Jack Ruby sentenced to death for Lee Harvey Oswald’s murder.
1972 – National Basketball Association’s Cincinnati Royals, plagued by poor home attendance, announce they are moving the franchise to Kansas City.
1980 – Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are US amateur boxers).
1987 – 13th People’s Choice Award: Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep win for Motion Picture. Bill Cosby and Cybill Shepherd win for television.
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.
2006 – Mike Wallace retires from news program “60 Minutes” after 37 years.
2018 – NASA twin study finds that Scott Kelly is no longer identical to his twin brother after one year in space, 7% of his genes altered.
2021 – PGA Players Championship: TPC at Sawgrass – American Justin Thomas edges Lee Westwood of England by 1 stroke. Thomas wins $2.7 million of the $25 million purse.
2022 – Dolly Parton removes herself from the ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame saying “I don’t feel that I have earned that right.”
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