1801 – First edition of New York Evening Post.
1871 – National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York.
1901 – Booker T. Washington and his family are invited to dine at the White House with Teddy and Edith Roosevelt, prompting condemnation from the South.
1914 – Federal Reserve System formally opens.
1933 – Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with USSR.
1939 – Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail.
1950 – UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps.
1950 – US President Harry Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat.
1957 – Celtic Bill Russell sets NBA record of 49 rebounds beat Philadelphia, 111-89.
1957 – Oklahoma Football’s NCAA win streak ends at 47 after losing to Notre Dame, 7-0.
1959 – “Sound of Music” musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II first opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, for 1443 performances.
1961 – US President JFK decides to increase military aid to South Vietnam without committing US combat troops.
1965 – Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.
1969 – 1968 My Lai massacre of between 347 and 504 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by US soldiers is first reported.
1980 – Tampa Bay Buccaneer QB Doug Williams throws for 486 yards.
1988 – Jose Canseco is 1st unanimous AL MVP since Reggie Jackson.
1998 – Monica Lewinsky signs a deal for the North American rights to a book about her affair with US President Clinton.
2010 – In University Park, Texas, the groundbreaking ceremony for the George W. Bush Presidential Center takes place.
2014 – Kevin Harvick driving for Stewart-Haas Racing, wins Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim his first NASCAR Spring Cup Series by 1 point from Ryan Newman.
2018 – Elevator fall down 84 floors when hoist rope breaks, all six people survive unharmed at John Hancock Center, Chicago.
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