1859 – 1st Pullman sleeping car in service.
1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco.
1898 – First forestry school in America opens at Biltmore Estate, North Carolina.
1914 – The last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1922 – NYC law requires all “pool” rooms to change name to “billiards”
1932 – NYC Mayor James J. “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker resigns (graft charges)
1939 – In the “scoop of the century,” Telegraph journalist Clare Hollingworth becomes the first to report the outbreak of World War II.
1947 – With a victory by Armed in the Washington Park Handicap, Calumet Farm becomes the first stable to surpass $1 million in annual earnings, leads all owners with total earnings of $1,402,436.
1954 – Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island and New England, kills 68.
1964 – SF Giants reliever Masanori Murakami becomes the first Japanese-born player to appear in US MLB; on debut, the Osuki native throws a scoreless inning in a 4-1 loss v New York Mets.
1969 – Jerry Lewis’ 4th Muscular Dystrophy telethon.
1971 – Pittsburgh Pirates start what is believed to be first all-black line-up (including several Latinos) in MLB history, in 10-7 win v Philadelphia Phillies; includes future Hall of Famers Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell.
1979 – LA Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask.
1985 – Bill Elliott claims a $1 million bonus for winning 3 of the 4 crown jewel races on the NASCAR schedule: the Daytona 500, Winston 500 and Southern 500.
1989 – Chris Evert becomes the first player ever to win 100 matches in the US National/Open Tennis Championship by beating Patricia Tarabinia 6-2, 6-4.
1995 – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
1996 – The Carolina Panthers outgun the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season NFL game at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.
2006 – The United States men’s basketball team is upset at the World Basketball Championships in Saitama, Japan, as the hot-shooting Greece team pulls off a 101-95 semifinal victory.
2015 – Google changes its logo, biggest redesign since 1999.
2018 – Memorial service for Senator John McCain at Washington National Cathedral with his daughter Meghan McCain, Barack Obama and George W. Bush speaking.
2019 – Co-founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has his Twitter account hacked.
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