1822 – Boston, Massachusetts incorporated as a city.
1883 – Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes.
1915 – Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time)
1918 – US Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time.
1928 – “Amos & Andy” debut on radio (NBC Blue Network-WMAQ Chicago)
1941 – Jimmy Dorsey & orchestra record “Green Eyes” & “Maria Elena”
1942 – FDR orders men between ages 45 & 64 to register for non-military duty.
1945 – US Task Force 58 attacks ships near Kobe/Kure.
1953 – 25th Academy Awards: “Greatest Show on Earth”, Gary Cooper & Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
1960 – 22nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California, 75-55; Buckeyes’ future Hall of Fame forward Jerry Lucus is named tournament MVP.
1973 – Dean tells 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 – Major League Pitcher Denny McLain indicted on charges of racketeering.
1987 – Bonnie Blair skates ladies’ world record 500m (39.43 sec)
1987 – American televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid rape accusations by his secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1997 – US Supreme Court hears internet indecency arguments.
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.
2020 – State of California with 910 cases of COVID-a9 locks down and orders people to “stay at home”
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