1885 – German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world’s first motorcycle.
1898 – Race riot in Wilmington, NC (8 blacks killed)
1908 – 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room.
1911 – Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation for scholarly and charitable works.
1920 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Heartbreak House” premieres in NYC.
1933 – Black Blizzard snowstorm-dust storm rages from South Dakota to Atlantic.
1940 – Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
1950 – After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau.
1951 – 1st long distance telephone call without operator assistance.
1954 – “Marine Corps War Memorial” unveiled in Arlington County, Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of US since 1775 (Inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo servicemen raising US flag)
1963 – Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545.
1964 – Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium.
1969 – “Sesame Street” premieres on PBS TV.
1980 – Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays $12.55 fare.
1983 – US Federal government shut down.
1989 – Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped.
1996 – 46th NASCAR Sprint Car: Terry Labonte wins.
2010 – Alan Menken, famous Disney composter, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2017 – Louis C.K. admits the stories of sexual misconduct about him are true.
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