1894 – 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase.
1912 – Fenway Park officially opens in Boston, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders, 11-6 in 11 innings.
1920 – Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi.
1935 – “Your Hit Parade” begins broadcasting (becomes #! quickly)
1940 – 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa.
1945 – US the army captured German city of Nuremberg.
1949 – Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California.
1962 – NASA civilian pilot Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 63,250 m.
1966 – WDCA TV channel 20 in Washington, D.C. (IND) begins broadcasting.
1967 – US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon.
1970 – 74th Boston Marathon: Englishman Ron Hill wins in 2:10:30 (US record): American Sara Mae Berman 1st woman for 2nd straight year in 3:05:07 (unsanctioned)
1972 – Apollo 16’s Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2.
1974 – Paul McCartney & Wings release single “Band on the Run” in the US.
1979 – President Jimmy Carter is attacked by a swamp rabbit which swam up to his fishing boat in Plains, Georgia.
1982 – Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season.
1983 – President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Securty.
1983 – Michael Jordan sets NBA playoff record with 63 points in a game.
1996 – 1996 NFL Draft: Keyshawn Johnson from USC first pick by New York Jets.
1999 – Columbine High School massacre: Eric Harris and Dylan Kiebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School, Colorado.
2012 – People magazine name Eva Mendes as one of 2012’s Most Beautiful at Every Age.
2020 – Three US states, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina the 1st to announce end to some COVID-19 restrictions.
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