1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw.
1847 – American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
1891 – Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky is guest conductor.
1900 – “The Billboard” began weekly publication.
1920 – US President Woodrow Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal.
1920 – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are arrested on charges of robbery of a paymaster at a shoe factory in Massachusetts, US – the two men are executed.
1935 – Jesse Owens of US sets long jump record at 26′ 8 1/2″.
1941 – First modern perfume Chanel No. 5 released by fashion designer Coco Chanel.
1943 – Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System.
1952 – Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate’s Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27, as he no-hits Welch Minors, 4 Minors do reach base.
1955 – “Damn Yankees” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1022 performances.
1956 – Jim Bailey (US) runs mile a record 3:58.6 in Los Angeles, California.
1961 – Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
1969 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Armies of the Night)
1975 – A’s release pinch runner Herb Washington, who played 104 games without batting, pitching, or fielding. He did steal 30 bases and scored 33 runs.
1987 – Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings.
1995 – Last basketball game at Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
2012 – 138th Kentucky Derby: Mario Gutierrez aboard III Have Another wins in 2:01.83.
2013 – 5 people are killed after a limousine catches fire in Hayward, California.
2015 – Scientists announce the discovery of the oldest & most distant galaxy known to man, EGS-zx8-1.
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