1886 – First automobile in Detroit: Charles B. King rides his “Horseless Carriage.”
1902 – Permanent US Census office created by legislation passed by Congress.
1918 – United States naval boat “Cyclops” disappears in Bermuda Triangle.
1921 – Police in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, issue an edict requiring women to wear skirts at least 4 inches below the knee.
1923 – Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals announce their players will wear numbers on their uniforms.
1940 – First telecast in the United States from an airplane in New York City.
1947 – XB-45, first US 4-engine jot bomber, makes first test flight in Muroc, California.
1954 – First ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Wake Forest 82-80 in overtime.
1959 – 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr win.
1962 – St. Louis votes to build a new downtown stadium for the Cardinals.
1964 – Boxing legend Cassius Clay joins the Nation of Islam and changes his name to “Muhammad Ali”, calling his former title a “slave name”.
1972 – Jack Nicklaus passes Arnold Palmer as golf’s all-time money winner.
1981 – Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of “CBS Evening News”.
1988 – 18th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000.
1995 – Ninth American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield wins.
2007 – Former White House aide I. Lewis Libby Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice.
2017 – President Donald Trump signs his second executive order barring travelers from six mostly Muslim countries for 90 days, but leaves out Iraq.
2019 – Facebook head Mark Zuckerburg reveals plans to turn the social media platform into a more “privacy-focused platform.”
2021 – US Senate passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan.
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