1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called “The Regulators”, occurs in present-day Alamance County, NC.
1860 – Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate.
1866 – US Congress authorizes the nickel 5 cent piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1868 – US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson by one vote.
1891 – George A. Hormel & Co establishes Geo. A.Hormel & Co. (Hormel Foods Corporation in Austin, Minnesota).
1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passes by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government an imprisonable offense.
1927 – US Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax.
1939 – Food stamps are 1st issued.
1946 – “Annie Get Your Gun” musical by Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields opens at Imperial Theater NYC, starring Ethel Merman and featuring “There’s no Business Like Show Business”
1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights between Idlewild Airport (New York International Airport) and Heathrow Airport (London), operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1954 – Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking his collarbone.
1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
1963 – Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends US Project Mercury.
1965 – The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand.
1977 – 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in NYC.
1984 – Mackay pays $218,718 for 44,166 tickets to keep Minnesota Twins, but only 6,346 fans show up for the game.
1985 – Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year.
1996 – Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning.
2013 – Bill Gates regains his position as the world’s richest man with $72.7 billion after losing the position in 2008.
2019 – US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license.
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