1836 – Samuel Colt’s Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures the first pistol, a 36-caliber “Texas” model, in Paterson, New Jersey.
1853 – Piano company Steinway & Sons founded by Heinrich Steinweg (later known as Henry Steinway) in New York City.
1904 – Nikola Tesla describes the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer.
1917 – President Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term.
1923 – Montana and Nevada become the first states to enact old age pension laws.
1933 – President Franklin Roosevelt proclaims a 10-day bank holiday in an attempt to stem bank failures
1945 – Allies bomb The Hague, Netherlands during World War II.
1946 – Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularized the term and draws attention to the division in Europe.
1955 – 2nd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: N.C. State beats Duke 87-77.
1960 – Elvis Presley ends his two-year hitch in United States Army.
1964 – Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. announces that the Milwaukee Braves baseball team would move to Atlanta for the 1966 season.
1970 – “Airport,” based on the book by Arthur Hailey, directed by George Seaton and starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin, is released.
1975 – 10th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Loretta Lynn win.
1982 – Major League Baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry, who had 297 wins, signs with the Seattle Mariners. He won his 300th career game on May 6 against the New York Yankees.
1992 – Ethics committee votes to reveal members of Congress who bounced checks as part of the House checking scandal.
1997 – Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
2006 – Nature documentary “Planet Earth,” narrated by David Atenborough, premieres on the BBC.
2013 – Dow Jones Industrial Average surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time, closing at 14,253.77.
2019 – Kylie Jenner is the world’s youngest billionaire at 21, according to Forbes.
2023 – Caitlin Clark records 30 points, 17 assists, and 10 rebounds in the Big Ten tournament final for Iowa against Ohio State.
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