1792 – 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
1875 – 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75.
1897 – The first successful submarine that can run submerged for any considerable distance and combines electric and gasoline engines is launched in the USA by its designer John Philip Holland.
1915 – National Baptist Convention chartered.
1925 – Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker gets his 3,000 hit.
1938 – Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy.
1944 – General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th.
1954 – Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reverses 1896 “separate but equal” Plessy v Fergusion decision ruling racial segregation in public schools as illegal.
1950 – Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
1960 – 1st atomic reactor system patented by J.W. Flora at Canoga Park, California.
1968 – Frank Howard belts record 8th home run in 5th straight game.
1971 – Washington State bans sex discrimination.
1979 – Emmy 6th Daytime Award presentation, “Ryan’s Hope” wins Outstanding Daytime Drama Series.
1989 – Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles costs $16,000.
1990 – World Health Organization takes homosexuality out of its list of mental illnesses.
1993 – “Chattahoochee” single released by Alan Jackson (CMA Award Single of the Year, Billboard Song of the Year 1993)
2001 – President George W. Bush calls for reduced regulations to encourage more oil, gas, and nuclear production.
2006 – The aircraft carrier USS Oriskany is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to be an artificial reef.
2015 – 22nd Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift wins top artist & 7 other awards.
2020 – Former President Barack Obama criticizes the US government’s handling of the pandemic during an online address to graduates, saying officials “aren’t even pretending to be in charge”
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