1884 – Ringling Brothers circus premieres.
1885 – 1st mass production of shoes (Jan Matzeliger in Lynn, Massachusetts)
1898 – US Congress passes the Private Mailing Card Act, allowing private publishers and printer to produce postcards, had to be labelled “Private Mailing Cards” until 1901, known as “souvenir cards”
1912 – AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb’s suspension, they will be banned from baseball.
1928 – 51 frogs enter 1st annual “Frog Jumping Jubilee” (Angel’s Camp, California)
1935 – NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1943 – Churchill pledges Britain’s full support to US against Japan.
1954 – Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project.
1960 – Alan Freed & eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola.
1960 – Juan Marichal debuts as SF Giant pitcher, beats Phillies on 1 hitter.
1964 – US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy.
1975 – 27th Emmy Awards: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh win.
1977 – “Smokey & the Bandit” film starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason premieres.
1984 – Stanley Cup Final, Northlands Coliseum Edmonton, AL: Wayne Gretzky scores twice as Edmonton Oilers beat NY Islanders, 5-2 for a 4-1 series win: Oilers first SC title.
1987 – 1st American Comedy Award: Johnny Carson & Betty White.
1989 – Dow Jones Average passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1.
1997 – “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premieres in the US.
2018 – American actress Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry at a ceremony in Windsor, Canada, making her a member of the British royal family.
2019 – US billionaire Robert F. Smith announces he will pay off college loans of nearly 400 students of the graduating class of Morehouse College, Atlanta.
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