1807 – Aaron Burr acquitted of chargers of plotting to set up an empire.
1862 – Federal tax levied on tobacco.
1898 – First forestry school in America opens at Biltmore Estate, North Carolina.
1906 – Joseph Harris (Boston) & Jack Coombs (A’s) pitch complete 24 inning game.
1915 – The German ambassador to the US pledges again that German submarines will no longer sink liners without warning and providing safety of passengers and crew following the sinking of the British liner “Arabic.”
1922 – NYC law requires all “pool” rooms to change name to “billiards”
1932 – NYC Mayor James J “Gentleman Jimmy” Walker resign (graft charges)
1939 – In the “scoop of the century,” Telegraph journalist Clare Hollingworth becomes the first to report the outbreak of World War II.
1949 – 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres.
1954 – Paul “Bear” Bryant opens infamous 10-day football mini camp in Junction, Texas; ordeal achieves legendary status becoming subject of 2001 book ‘The Junction Boys’ & television movie of the same name.
1962 – United Nations announces Earth’s population has hit 3 billion.
1972 – American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer beats Russian champion Boris Spassky 12.5-8-5 in Reykjavik, Iceland, most publicized world title match ever played; Fischer 1st American to win title.
1980 – Jerry Lewis’ 15th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,103,787.
1985 – Bill Elliot 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.
1996 – The Carolina Panthers outgun the Atlanta Falcons 29-6 in their first regular season NFL game at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
2007 – In one of the biggest upsets in college history, 103,218 fans see Appalachian State’s Corey Lynch block a Jason Gingell 37-yard field goal attempt with 6 seconds remaining to inspire an epic 34-32 win vs. Michigan at Ann Arbor.
2012 – US drone strike kills 5 people in North Waristan, Pakistan.
2018 – Memorial service for Senator John McCain at Washington National Cathedral with his daughter Meghan McCain, Barack Obama and George W. Bush speaking.
2021 – Texas law banning most abortion after six weeks comes into effect, now most restrictive in the country.
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