1852 – Massachusetts rules all school-age children must attend school.
1897 – Herbert Henry Dow founds Dow Chemical in Midland, Michigan.
1916 – US pilot Kiffin Rockwell shoots down German aircraft.
1917 – US Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment.
1933 – Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dam.
1934 – TWA begins commercial service.
1942 – NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II.
1951 – US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea.
1953 – 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochran, USA)
1956 – Mickey Mantle hits HR from both sides of plate for record 3rd time.
1963 – “If You Wanna Be Happy” by Jimmy Soul hits #1.
1964 – US Supreme Court rules its unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years.
1967 – The Butler Act, a Tennessee statue prohibiting the teaching of evolution, is repealed after 42 years.
1969 – Apollo 10 launches from Kennedy Space Center and later transmits the 1st color pictures of Earth from space.
1974 – “Streak” by Ray Stevens hits #1.
1980 – Mount St Helens erupts in Washington State, causing the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and causing $1 billion in damage.
1983 – Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
1995 – “Braveheart” directed by Mel Gibson and starring Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau premieres at the Seattle Film Festival (Best Picture 1996)
2004 – Arizona Diamondbacks’ Randy Johnson becomes 16th pitcher to throw a perfect game (2-0 vs Atlanta)
2018 – Santa Fe High School shooting; 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas.
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