1884 – Susan B. Anthony addresses U.S. House Judiciary Committee arguing for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote 16 years after legislation first introduced a federal women’s suffrage amendment.
1900 – National League decides to go with eight teams. They exclude Baltimore, Cleveland, Louisville and Washington. In 1953 Boston Braves moved to Milwaukee.
1913 – Internal Revenue Service begins to levy and collect income taxes.
1924 – Coal mine explosion kills 171 at Castle Gate, Utah.
1930 -Baseball slugger Babe Ruth signs two-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankees. General manager Ed Barrow wrongly predicts “No one will ever be paid more than Ruth.”
1936 – The first stock car race was held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1944 – United States resumes bombing Berlin.
1948 – United States Supreme Court rules in McCollum v. Board of Education that religious instruction in public school is unconstitutional.
1953 – Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in the last two years in the United States.
1965 – First US combat forces arrive in Vietnam on the beaches of Da Nang.
1969 – 16th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Duke 85-74.
1979 – China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam.
1983 – President Ronald Reagan’s first known use of the term “Evil Empire” about the USSR in speech in Florida.
1986 – Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million.
1987 – 17th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,184,425.
1991 – Planeloads of US troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf. Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and two American soldiers it captured.
1999 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2014 – Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 people loses contact and disappears, prompting the most expensive search effort in history and one of the most enduring aviation mysteries.
2018 – President Donald Trump authorizes tariffs on steel and aluminum, excluding Canada and Mexico.
2021 – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says COVID-19 pandemic has had an “extremely unfair” effect on income and economic opportunities for women.
2022 – Reigning National Football League Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers agrees to remain with Green Bay Packers in a reported four-year, $200 million deal that would make him the highest paid player in league history.
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