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1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw.

1865 – 1st US train robbery (North Bend, Ohio)

1891 – Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky is guest conductor.

1905 – Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper “Chicago Defender”

1920 – US President Woodrow Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal.

1932 – Japan & China sign a peace treaty.

1935 – Jesse Owens of US sets long jump record of 26′ 8 1/2″

1941 – First modern perfume Chanel No. 5 released by fashion designer Coco Chanel.

1942 – US begins rationing sugar during WW II.

1948 – 1st squadron of jet aircraft aboard a carrier.

1955 – “Damn Yankees” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1,022 performances.

1961 – Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)

1973 – 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 – fastest Kentucky Derby ever.

1987 – Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings.

1989 – Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York.

1997 – “Married With Children” final episode on Fox TV.

1999 – 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win.

2013 – 5 people are killed after a limousine catches fir in Hayward, California.

2018 – Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, first death from a vaping product.

2018 – Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover releases the music video to new single, “This is America” to wide acclaim.

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