1819 – US passed its 1st immigration law.
1866 – 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn.
1874 – National Association of Professional Baseball Players officially adopts the batter’s box; decide any player betting on his own team will be expelled; any player betting on any other team to forfeit his pay.
1912 – Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, US citizenship granted.
1925 – Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted.
1933 – “King Kong” film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, starring Fay Wray premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy in NYC.
1944 – 16th Academy Awards: “Casablanca”, Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win.
1949 – 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1956 – “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” single cover released by Elvis Presley.
1962 – JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing.
1963 – 10th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament, Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, NC: Duke beats Wake Forest, 69-57.
1965 – One of the most popular musical films of all time, “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1966)
1974 – Grand jury concludes US President Richard Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up.
1983 – Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced.
1989 – Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial.
1991 – NC State point guard Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAA Division 1 player to record 1,000 career assists in a 89-84 loss to Wake Forest.
1995 – “Smokey Joe’s Café” opens at Virginia Theater NYC.
2004 – Indianapolis Colts sign quarterback Peyton Manning to a 7-year, $98 million deal with a $34.5 million signing bonus: largest package to date in the NFL.
2016 – US astronauts Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to earth after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record.
2017 – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation into Trump campaign contacts with Russia after revelations he met Russian ambassador.
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