1880 – Best selling American novel “Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ” by soldier Lew Wallace is published.
1910 – First possible movie stunt: man jumps into the Hudson river from a burning balloon.
1915 – Theodore W. Richards is first American to win the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
1925 – United States & Italy sign peace accord about war debts.
1927 – Notre Dame Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys to green.
1933 – First National Football League game on a Sunday at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field – sporting events on Sunday had been illegal on Sunday’s. Pirates lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0.
1940 – Blizzard strikes North American midwest, 154 die (69 on a boat on the Great Lakes).
1945 – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to American politician Cordell Hull (for establishing the United Nations).
1955 – Eddie Arcaro, Earl Sande and George Woolf inaugural inductees in (Horse) Racing Hall of Fame.
1958 – Bob Turley of the New York Yankees wins Cy Young Award.
1966 – Buzz Aldrin takes the first ‘space selfie,’ a photo of himself performing extravehicular activity in space during the Gemini program.
1969 – Army announces investigation of William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March 1968.
1972 – 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins.
1979 – President Jimmy Carter announces a halt to Iranian oil imports & freezes Iranian assets.
1984 – Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite. It was the first space salvage.
1995 – Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton’s NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003.
2001 – In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
2012 – Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
2019 – Disney launches its film and television streaming service Disney+.
2022 – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announces his third ‘Courage and Civility Award’ of $100 million to country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton to distribute to charities of her choice.
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