1901 – Fire destroys 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida.
1910 – Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States is renamed the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
1921 – West Virginia imposes first state sales tax.
1926 – US Marines land in Nicaragua nine months after leaving and stay until 1933.
1936 – New York Yankees’ Joe DiMaggio gets three hits in his major-league debut.
1937 – Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for a Novel for “Gone With the Wind.”
1943 – US 1st Armour Division occupies Mateur, Tunisia.
1948 – First broadcast of “CBS Evening News,” the longest running network news show in the United States.
1954 – Pulitzer prizes awarded to Charles Lindbergh for his biography “The Spirit of St. Louis” and John Patrick for drama for his play “The Teahouse of August Moon.”
1963 – Birmingham officials turn high pressure hoses and dogs on children’s crusade protests against segregation prompting widespread condemnation.
1971 – “All Things Considered” premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations.
1977 – 1977 NFL Draft: Ricky Bell from USC is the first pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
1980 – Texas Rangers pitcher Ferguson Jenkins becomes fourth to win 100 games in the American League and National League.
1988 – 4,200 kg of Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs, Florida.
1991 – 350th and final episode of CBS second longest running series TV show “Dallas.” “Gunsmoke” is the longest running series.
1999 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is slammed by an F5 tornado killing 42 people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado was one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak.
2001 – The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
2016 – Ted Cruz suspends his campaign to be the Republican presidential nominee.
2018 – Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan becomes NFL’s first $30 million per season player after agreeing to a $150 million contract extension.
2020 – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is responsible for the spread and severity of COVID-19 and should be held accountable.
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