1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city.
1883 – Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes.
1895 – Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service.
1917 – US Supreme Court upholds 8-hour work day for railroad employees.
1928 – “Amos & Andy” debuts on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ, Chicago)
1931 – Nevada legalizes gambling.
1942 – FDR orders men between 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty.
1943 – Frank Nitti, the Chicago Outfit Boss after Al Capone, commits suicide at the Chicago Central Railyard.
1945 – US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure.
1950 – US Open Women’s Golf, Rolling Hills CC: Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 9 strokes from amateur Betsy Rawls.
1953 – 25th Academy Awards: “Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1957 – Indians reject Boston’s offer of $1 million for Herb Score.
1966 – 28th NCACC Men’s Basketball Championship: Texas Western beats Kentucky, 72-65; Miners first title in first title game.
1973 – John Dean tell President Nixon, “There is a cancer growing on the Presidency”
1978 – PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Jack Nicklaus wins his 3rd TPC title, 1 stroke ahead of Lou Graham; 4th straight start for Nicklaus that ends with a top-2 finish.
1984 – MLB Pitcher Denny McLain indicted on charges of racketeering.
1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusation by his secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1995 – Bonnie Blair skates female world record point total (156.450)
2003 – Airstrikes by an American and British-led coalition signal the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, without United Nations support and in defiance of world opinion,.
2012 – Wendy’s overtakes Burger King to become the second best-selling hamburger chain.
2018 – Mississippi signs into law the US’s strictest abortion laws, no termination after 15 weeks.
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