1489 – Christopher Columbus proposes his plan to search for a western route to India in an audience with Spanish monarch, Isabell I. Full support is granted 3 years later in 1492.
1863 – Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled first opens its doors in New York City, oldest orthopedic hospital in the United States.
1886 – US general strike for 8-hour working day begins.
1912 – Beverly Hills Hotel opens.
1920 – Longest MLB game by innings – Brooklyn Robins tie the Boston Braves, 1-1, in 26 innings.
1928 – Pitcalm Airlines (later Eastern) begins service.
1931 – Empire State Building opens in New York City.
1937 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act, banning travel on belligerent shops and imposes an arms embargo on warring nations.
1939 – Batman first appears in Detective Comics #27.
1941 – General Mills introduces CheeriOats (renamed Cheerios in 1945) an oat based, ready-to-eat cold cereal.
1943 – Food rationing begins in the United States during World War II.
1950 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein for musical “South Pacific”
1960 – Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk.
1963 – Gloria Steinem’s expose on Playboy bunny working conditions published in “Show” magazine.
1981 – Tennis player Billie Jean King acknowledges a lesbian relationship with Marilyn Barnett – becoming first prominent sportswoman to come out.
1986 – Russian news agency Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap.
1991 – Texas Rangers starter Nolan Ryan pitches MLB record 7th no hitter; beats Toronto, 3-0; at 44, Ryan is oldest to throw no-hitter.
2003 – In what becomes known as the “Mission Accomplished” speech, U.S. President George W. Bush declares that “major combat operations in Iraq have ended” on board the USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of California.
2019 – Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching his bail condition in London.
2020 – Tweets by Elon Musk saying Telsa’s share price is too high wipe $14 billion off the carmaker’s value.
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