1633 – Massachusetts Bay Colony forms its first government.
1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1886 – Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure “Noble Bachelor” (BG).
1896 – Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks.
1927 – “The Second Hundred Years” silent short film released starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy – 1st Laurel and Hardy film with them appearing as a team.
1934 – Bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Charles Lindbergh’s son.
1942 – Comedy duo Abbott and Costello launch their weekly radio show.
1944 – “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet” debut on CBS radio.
1945 – Microwave oven patented.
1951 – “Music in the Air” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances.
1957 – Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles.
1971 – John Lennon releases his megahit “Imagine”
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1979 – 13th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers & Barbara Mandrell wins.
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan greets predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat’s funeral.
1988 – Fire in Seattle’s Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage.
1990 – US doctors Joseph E. Murray & E. Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize.
1995 – Dolphin’s Dan Marino breaks Tarkenton’s NFL career completions record.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2015 – Actress and singer Selena Gomez reveals she has Lupus.