1896 – Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless.
1904 – New York Giants first baseman Dan McGann collects Major League Baseball record 5 stolen bases in 3-1 win over the Brooklyn Superbas at the Polo Grounds in New York City. The record was broken in 1991 by Columbus County, N.C. native Otis Nixon.
1916 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses the League to Enforce Peace, founded in 1915, and gives public support to the idea of a league of nations.
1930 – Richard Drew invented masking tape.
1930 – The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
1933 – Walt Disney’s short film “3 Little Pigs” released. It wins Academy Award Best Animated film in 1934.
1937 – Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians.
1942 – Dorie Miller awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor.
1955 – “The Red Buttons Show” last aired on NBC-TV.
1958 – Maiden flight of the F-4 Phantom II.
1961 – Ralph Boston of the United States sets the long jump record at 27-feet, 1/3-inch.
1968 – George Halas retires from coaching, finishing with 318 regular-season wins and 6 National Football League titles.
1979 – Pope John Paul II ordained John J. O’Conner as a bishop.
1985 – Inaugural bands parade for President Ronald Reagan.
1993 – Baseball player Dale Murphy ends his career after 298 home runs.
1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot.
2012 – A NATO strike kills a family of eight, including six children, in Afghanistan..
2015 – Golden State Warriors win the NBA Western Conference championship.
2020 – America’s COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000, according to John Hopkins figures, which is equal to the number of US servicemen and women killed in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
2023 – Vice President Kamala Harris becomes first woman to deliver commencement address at US Military Academy graduation ceremony in West Point, New York.
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