1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” published in Boston.
1886 – 1st AC power plant in US begins commercial operation in Massachusetts.
1900 – US Secretary of State John Hay announces that all nations to whom he sent notes calling for an ‘open door’ policy in China have essentially accepted his stand.
1914 – 1st international figure skating tournament held in US, New Haven.
1917 – After the sinking of 3 more American merchant ships, US President Woodrow Wilson meets with cabinet, who agree that war is inevitable.
1930 – American fast food restaurant chain “KFC” (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky.
1934 – American all-round female super athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias pitches a hitless inning for Philadelphia A’s for their exhibition pre-season baseball game against Brooklyn Dodgers.
1942 – General Douglas MacArthur vows “I came through and I shall return” after escaping Japanese occupied Philippines.
1947 – 180 ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic.
1952 – 24th Academy Awards: “An American in Paris”, Humphrey Bogart & Vivian Leigh win.
1954 – “King & I” closes at St. James Theater NYC after 1246 performances.
1965 – Civil and Women’s Rights Activist Dorothy Height has her first column published in the weekly African-American newspaper called the “New York Amsterdam News”
1968 – LBJ signs a bill removing gold backing from US paper money.
1973 – Roberto Clemente elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, 11 weeks after his death in a plane crash.
1980 – US appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran.
1989 – Baseball announces Reds manager Pete Rose is under investigation.
1997 – Liggett admits cigarettes are addictive.
2016 – Barack Obama becomes the first US President to visit Cuba since 1928, arriving for a 3 day tour.
2018 – Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US President Donald Trump at the White House.
2019 – The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion.
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