1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacking Chancellorsville is wounded by his own men.
1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published.
1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09.
1908 – “Take me out to the Ball Game” registered for copyright.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Deleware.
1923 – MLB Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0.
1932 – Jack Benny’s 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network)
1938 – American singer Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” with Chick Webb and his orchestra.
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 questions.
1968 – Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London.
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.
1999 – John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL.
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.
2018 – E.coli outbreak linked to Romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, reports the first fatality with 121 cases across 25 US states.
2019 – Facebook bans Alex Jones (InfoWars), Milo Yiannopoulos (ex-Breitbart), Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam), Paul Nehlen and Laura Loomer for hate speech.
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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