1754 – 1st newspaper cartoon in American-divided snake “Join or Die”1862 – US Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis MD to Newport, RI.
1899 – John Burr patents an improved rotary blade law mower in the US.
1901 – A financial panic begins in the USA following the struggle between two groups to control the railroads between the Great Lakes and the Pacific.
1913 – 17th amendment provides for election of senators by popular vote.
1914 – US President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother’s Day.
1926 – Richard Byrd & Floyd Bennett make1st flight over North Pole.
1944 – Country singer Jimmie Davis becomes governor of Louisiana.
1946 – 1st hour long entertainment TV show, “NBC’s Hour Glass” premieres.
1960 – US becomes the first country to legalize the birth control pill.
1961 – FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow criticizes TV as a “vast wasteland”
1964 – Peter & Gordon release “World Without Love”
1967 – 1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship.
1974 – US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment.
1978 – “Ain’t Misbehavin” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 1604 performances.
1983 – 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Ronnie Milsap, and Sylvia win.
1991 – Michael Landon appears on Tonight Show to talk about his cancer.
1992 – Final episode of “Golden Girls” airs on NBC-TV.
1997 – San Diego Padres retire #35 worn by pitcher Randy Jones.
2012 – United States President Barack Obama officially states his support for same sex marriage.
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