1776 – France & Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels.
1865 – US President Andrew Johnson offers $100,000 reward to capture of Jefferson Davis.
1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published.
1908 – 1908 “Take me out to the Ball Game” registered for copyright.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1923 – Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0.
1927 – U.S. Supreme Court’s “Buck v. Bell”, permits forced sterilizations of various “unfits” by states’ authorities where such surgeries are practiced for eugenic reasons.
1936 – 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6.
1938 – Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
1941 – FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1.
1952 – 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet.
1960 – US House investigating committee, looking into payola question.
1970 – 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1974 – Former US Vice President Spiro Agnew disbarred.
1988 – Baltimore Orioles sign a 15-year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park.
1994 – Dr Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides.
1997 – Donald Trump and Marla Maples announce they are separating.
2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2019 – US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi accuses Attorney General William Barr of lying to Congress over the Mueller Report.
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