1691 – New royal charter for Massachusetts, now including Maine, Plymouth.
1885 – Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000-$2,000 for 1885 season.
1918 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created.
1933 – Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1939 – “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”, directed by Frank Capra and starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur, is released.
1941 – 1st US destroyer (Kearney) torpedoed in WW II, off Iceland.
1955 – Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel.
1960 – US & Britain sign accord for nuclear submarine bases.
1964 – Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra.
1967 – “Hair” premieres on Broadway.
1967 – Barbra Streisand stars on “Belle of 14th Street” special on CBS.
1972 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-ling,” is #1.
1974 – “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 performances.
1979 – “Beatlemania” closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 920 performances.
1987 – US First Lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy.
1991 – News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discussing her having a deformed baby.
2006 – The United States population reaches 300 million.
2007 – The Dalai Lama receives the United States Congressional Gold Medal.
2012 – Lance Armstrong loses a host of endorsements in the wake of his doping scandal.
2015 – Amy Schumer’s comedy special “Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo” premieres on HBO.
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