1892 – New York state unveils automatic ballot booth, also called a voting machine.
1912 – Legendary pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with a 511-315 win-loss record.
1922 – First southern radio station, WSB in Atlanta, Georgia, begins broadcasting.
1930 – First streamlined submarine of the US Navy, the USS Nautilus, launched.
1937 – First state contraceptive control clinic in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1945 – 17th Academy Awards: “Going My Way”, Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman win.
1950 – New York City hires Dr. Wallace E. Howell for $100 per day as its official “rainmaker” to help end a crippling shortage.
1954 – “CBS Morning Show” premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar.
1958 – Oscar Robertson of the Cincinnati Royals scores a NCAA Midwest Region-record 56 points in a 97-62 win over Arkansas.
1965 – T.G.I. Friday’s first restaurant opens in New York City.
1968 – LIFE magazine calls Jimi Hendrix the “most spectacular guitarist in the world.”
1972 – “The Godfather”, based on the book by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlo Brando and Al Pacino, premieres in New York City. It wins Academy Awards for Best Picture in 1973.
1985 – Larry Holmes scores a technical knockout of David Bey in the 10th round to win the heavyweight boxing title.
1989 – United States Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position.
1997 – Pittsburgh Penguins’ Joe Mullen becomes the first American to score 500 NHL goals.
2013 – 18 people are killed by a fireworks accident in Tlaxcala, Mexico.
2017 – Disney refuses to cut gay moment in the film “Beauty and the Beast” for Malaysian censors. Instead the company pulls film from Malaysia.
2018 – Toy chain Toys R Us announces it will close all stores after filing for bankruptcy.
2020 – Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to near zero to support the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2024 – Former Vice President Mike Pence says “he cannot in good conscience” endorse Donald Trump for President in an interview on FOX News.
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