1884 – Ringling Brothers circus premiers.
1912 – AL President Ban Johnson tells Tigers if they continue protest of Ty Cobb’s suspension, they will be banned from baseball.
1921 – Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system.
1928 – “Firedamp” explodes in Mather coal mine, Pennsylvania, killing 195 or 273 miners.
1935 – NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1942 – Braves Paul Waner is 3rd NLer to get 3,000 hits (Anson & Wagner)
1951 – 76th Preakness Eddie Arcaro aboard Bold wins in 1:56.4.
1958 – “South Pacific” soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.
1964 – US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in Moscow embassy.
1968 – 20th Emmy Awards: “Get Smart, “Mission Impossible” & Barbara Bain win.
1976 – Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
1977 – Film “Smikey & the Bandit” starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields and Jackie Gleason premieres in NYC.
1983 – NASA launches intelsat V satellite, no. 506.
1987 – 1st American Comedy Award: Johnny Carson & Betty White.
1991 – Willy T. Ribbs becomes 1st African American driver to make Indianapolis 500.
2007 – “Sicko” a documentary on the US health care system, directed by Michael Moore has its premier at the Cannes Film Festival.
2013 – 21st Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Red win.
2018 – American actress Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry at a ceremony in Windsor Castle, making her a member of the British royal family. Queen Elizabeth II grants the titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle upon their marriage.
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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