1836 – Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber “Texas” model.
1853 – Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinway (later Henry Steinway) in New York City.
1907 – 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired.
1923 – Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws.
1924 – Computing-Tabulating Recording Corp becomes IBM.
1933 – FDR proclaims 10-day bank robbery.
1936 – 8th Academy Awards: “Mutiny on the Bounty”, Victor McLaglen & Bette Davis wins.
1945 – US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne.
1955 – 2nd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 87-77.
1956 – “King Kong” 1st televised.
1963 – Beatles record “From Me to You” & “Thank You Girl”
1968 – US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun.
1973 – Yankee pitchers Petersen & Kekich announce they swapped wives.
1975 – 10th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn win.
1981 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
1992 – Ethic committee votes to reveal congressman who bounced checks.
1997 – Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
2015 – Harrison Ford crash-lands his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR aeroplane in Califorina.
2016 – US primary election; Super Saturday – Republican Donald Trump and Ted Cruz win 2 states Democrats Bernie Sanders wins 2, Hillary Clinton one.
2017 – US President Donald Trump in a tweet accuses former President Obama, without offering any evidence of wiretapping Trump Towers during the presidential campaign.
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