1844 – The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world.
1907 – US sends troops to Honduras to halt the Nicaraguan army takeover.
1917 – Loretta Walsh becomes US Navy’s 1st female Petty Officer.
1924 – Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US.
1941 – In a hard fought 15th title defense Joe Louis KOs Abe Simon in the 13th round at Olympia Stadium, Detroit to retain NYSAC heavyweight boxing crown.
1947 – US President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States.
1948 – “Stop the Music” with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio.
1951 – 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea.
1959 – 21st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia, 71-70; WV future Hall of Fame point guard Jerry West is named MVP…
1961 – Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1963 – Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Bay is closed.
1965 – Martin Luther King Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
1972 – US Supreme Court rules states can’t require 1-year residency to vote.
1980 – On TV show “Dallas”, J.R. is shot.
1986 – Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million.
1991 – 27 lost at sea when 2 US Navy anti-submarine planes collide.
1994 – Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals.
2018 – Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg admits they “made mistakes” after data on 50 million uses is harvested by Cambridge Analytica.
2019 – US President Donald Trump says US should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights on Twitter.
2019 – Levi Strauss & Company is traded publicly for the second time in its history on the New York stock exchange.
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