1755 – Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief.
1845 – Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London.
1868 – Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued.
1898 – John Philip Holland achieves successful test run for the first modern submarine off Staten Island, submerging for 1 hour 40 minutes.
1926 – Richard Rodgers & L Hart’s musical “Girl Friend” premieres in NYC.
1929 – General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel.
1942 – General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia to become Supreme Commander.
1953 – Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St. Louis Browns for $2.475M.
1956 – 8th Emmy Awards: “Ed Sullivan Show”, Phil Silvers & Lucy Ball win.
1958 – US Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape.
1960 – US President Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA.
1968 – Bee Gees make their US TV debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” performing “To Love Somebody” and “Words”
1987 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
1988 – Highest scoring NCACC basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 118, Wyoming 115.
1993- 19th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Demi Moore win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Candice Bergin win (TV)
1994 – US approves 1st chicken pox vaccine, Varivax by Merck & Co.
2001 – OPEC decides to cut output by 4% or 1 million barrels per day, effective April 1.
2008 – New York State Governor Elliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. David Paterson becomes acting New York State governor.
2013 – 60th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77.
2019 – US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announces her presidential bid.
2019 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins biggest cheque in golf ($2.25m) by 1 stroke from Jim Furyk.
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