1307 – William Tell reputedly shoots off his son’s head.
1805 – 30 women meet at Mrs. Silas Lee’s home in Wiscasset, Maine, organizes Female Charitable Society, first woman’s club in America.
1865 – Mark Twain publishes “Celebrated Jumping Fog of Calaveras County”
1872 – Suffragette Susan B. Anthony is arrested by a U.S. Deputy Marshall and charged with illegally voting.
1920 – H. Tierney & J McCarthy’s musical “Irene” premieres in NYC.
1928 – Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon.
1930 – Musical “Smiles” with Bob Hope and Fred Astaire premieres in NYC.
1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
1949 – NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP.
1949 – The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days.
1959 – “Ben-Hur” directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premieres in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)
1966 – Sandy Koufax announces his retirement due to arthritic left elbow.
1978 – In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones.
1984 – “3 Musketeers” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances.
1984 – NBC premiere of the first part of fact based crime my
1987 – Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair.
1990 – “Fiddler on the Roof” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 241 performances.
2001 – Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as ‘ConocoPhillips’, the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US.
2012 – 39th American Music Awards: Katy Perry & Justin Bieber win.
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