1738 – John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodist as Aldersgate Day.
1775 – John Hancock is unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
1818 – General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, Florida.
1830 – “Mary Had A Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is first published by Boston firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon.
1899 – 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston).
1915 – Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversation.
1931 – 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad.
1954 – IBM announces vacuum tube “electronic” brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
1958 – “New Girl in Town” closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 432 performances.
1958 – UP & International News Service merge into United Press International.
1962 – M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit.
1966 – “Mame” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances.
1974 – Dean Martin Show last airs on NBC-TV.
1981 – Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500.
1983 – Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students.
1989 – “Indiana Jones & Last Crusade”, directed by Stephen Spielberg and produced George Lucas premieres.
1992 – Pat Bradley wins JC Penny/LPGA Skins Game Golf Tournament.
2001 – Mountain climbing: 15-year-old Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest.
2001 – The Democrats gain control of the US Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an Independent.
2016 – Bill Cosby is ordered to stand trial in a sexual assault case in Norristown.
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