1802 – US Army Corp of Engineers established (2nd time)
1839 – New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded)
1865 – Battle of Averasboro North Carolina (1,500 casualties)
1900 – American Baseball League leaders meet in Chicago, Ban Johnson announces AL will be…Chicago White Stockings, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Blues, Boston Americans, Philadelphia Athletics and Baltimore Orioles.
1912 – Mrs William Howard Taft plants 1st cherry tree in Washington, D.C.
1930 – USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) floated out to become a national shrine.
1941 – National Gallery of Art opens in Washington, D.C.
1952 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Babe Zaharias wins her 3rd Titleholders titles by 7 strokes from Betsy Rawls.
1957 – 9th Emmy Awards: Phil Silvers Show, Robert Young & Loretta Young win.
1964 – LFJ asks Congress to pass Economic Opportunity Act as part of his War on Poverty.
1968 – My Lai massacre occurs when American soldiers kill 400 unarmed Vietnamese civilians, in one of the most controversial incidents of the Vietnam War.
1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
1974 – 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville.
1985 – Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut.
1985 – MLB Pitcher Denny McLain, convicted of racketeering, sentenced to 25 years in prison.
1991 – Seven members of Reba McEntire’s band are killed in a plane crash.
2003 – 50th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: #12 Duke beats NC State, 84-77.
2016 – US President Barack Obama nominates Merrick Garland as Supreme Court Justice.
2017 – US President Donald Trump’s second travel ban is blocked by 2 federal courts.
2020 – Major League Baseball suspends remainder of Spring Training and delays start of regular season in response to COVID-19 pandemic; return dependent on recommendations by Centers for Disease Control.
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