1893 – Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1904 – Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in “modern ” baseball as the Boston Americans beat the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.
1917 – Eugene Bullard gains his pilot’s license from Aero-Club de France and becomes the 1st African-American military pilot (French Air Service)
1921 – Perfume Chanel No. 5 released by fashion designer Coco Chanel.
1932 – Japan & China sign a peace treaty.
1942 – US begins rationing sugar during WW II.
1948 – 1st squadron of jet aircraft aboard a carrier.
1952 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Herman Wouk for his novel “The Caine Mutiny”
1961 – Alan Shephard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
1965 – First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
1973 – 99th Kentucky Derby Run: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 – fastest Kentucky Derby ever.
1981 – 16th and final MLB preseason Mayor’s Trophy Game prior to inter-league play: New York Mets beat New York Yankees, 4-1, to hold 8-7 edge.
1987 – Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings.
1995 – Last basketball game at Boston Garden: Celtics eliminated from playoffs by Orlando Magic, 95-92.
1999 – 34th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw win.
2013 – 5 people are killed after a limousine catches fire in Hayward, California.
2018 – Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, first death from a vaping product.
2021 – Donald Trump’s ban from Facebook upheld by the company’s Oversight Board for a further six months.
2022 – Karine Jean-Pierre appointed White House Press Secretary to President Joe Biden, first black and LGBTQ person in the role.
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