1718 – The city of New Orleans founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
1789 – First US Presidential inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC)
1847 – American Medical Association organizes (Philadelphia)
1873 – US Marines attack Panama.
1912 – Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer.
1914 – US Congress establishes mother’s day.
1925 – Phillies have their 8th game postponed in a row.
1938 – 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04:8.
1941 – Glenn Miller records “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA.
1953 – “Can Can” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances.
1959 – “Roy Campanella Night” largest baseball crown (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition.
1960 – USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confesses to being a CIA spy.
1966 – Mamas & Papas “Monday, Monday” hits #1.
1975 – US President Gerald Ford declares an end to “Vietnam Era”.
1982 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1.
1992 – Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes.
1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms Daimler Chrysler in the largest merger in history.
2011 – “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, premieres in-opening weekend makes $350.6M.
2013 – Delaware becomes the 11th US State to legalize same-sex marriage.
2017 – MTV becomes 1st major awards show to adopt gender-neutral categories – Emma Watson best film actor, Millie Bobby Brown best TV actor.
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