1852 – Duke University, founded in 1838 as Union Institute, chartered as Normal College.
1906 – China prohibits the opium trade.
1920 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini’s squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna, Italy.
1925 – Red Grange plays final University of Illinois game, signs with Chicago Bears.
1933 – First US ambassador to USSR, W.C. Bullitt, begins service.
1934 – Cole Porter musical “Anything Goes” opens at the Alvin Theater in New York City. It later transferred to 46th Street Theatre and runs for 420 performances.
1945 – General Motors workers go on strike.
1952 – First United States postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced.
1956 – Don Newcombe wins National League Most Valuable and first ever Cy Young Award.
1963 – President John F. Kennedy flies to Texas (assassinated the next day)
1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: “I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing”
1973 – President Richard Nixon’s attorney, J. Fred Bushardt, reveals presence of 18½ minute gap in a White House tape recording related to Watergate.
1976 – “Rocky,” directed by John G. Avidsen and staring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977)
1980 – Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84.
1989 – Law banning smoking on most domestic flights signed by President George H.W. Bush.
1999 – 51st NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Jarrett wins.
2006 – 34th American Music Awards: Kelly Clarkson, Sean Paul & Rascal Flatts win.
2017 – CBS TV host Charlie Rose is fired after allegations of sexual harassment by eight women.
2019 – 44% of Americans work in low-wage with medium annual wage of just $18,000, with most aged 25 to 54, according to analysis by Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
2021 – 49th American Music Awards: BTS, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Drake & Luke Bryan win.
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