1863 – 1st US Army Medal of Honor awarded.
1882 – 1st demonstration of pancake making, held at a department store in NYC.
1905 – Confederate battle flag captured during the American Civil War are returned to South.
1915 – Great Dayton Flood: winter rains cause Great Miami River to flood, Ohio’s greatest natural disaster.
1919 – Woodrow Wilson’s dream of a League of Nations becomes a reality after the League Covenant is adopted at the Paris Peace Conference.
1934 – 1st Augusta National Invitation Tournament (Masters) Golf: Horton Smith wins with a 20-foot birdie putt at the 17th hole, 1 stroke ahead of Craig Wood.
1937 – It is revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads.
1941 – Carolina Paprika Mills in Dillon, South Carolina, incorporated.
1951 – 5th Tony Awards: “Guy’s & Dolls” (musical) & “Rose Tatoo” (play) win.
1954 – RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12 1/2″ screen at $1,000)
1957 – NBA modifies the free-throw rule.
1960 – 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)
1966 – US Supreme Court rules “poll tax” unconstitutional
1971 – Tom Jones’ She’s a Lady” goes gold.
1979 – PGA Tournament Players Championship, Sawgrass CC: Lanny Watkins wins in windy conditions, 5 strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Watson.
1988 – NASA launches space vehicle S-206.
1990 – Fire in illegal NYC social club, kills 87.
1998 – US issues newly-designed $100 bill.
2013 – Golfer Tiger Woods returns to his world number one ranking.
2019 – NASA cancels a planned historic all-female spacewalk because it doesn’t have enough spacesuits to fit women.