1892 – 1st appearance of “Pledge of Allegiance” (Youth’s Companion)
1916 – US President Woodrow Wilson signs the Emergency Revenue Act, doubling the rate of income tax and adding inheritance and munitions profits act.
1921 – 1st Miss America crowned in Atlantic City – Margaret Gorman (16) of Washington, D.C.
1930 – 1st appearance of comic strip “Blondie”
1930 – American inventor Richard Gurley Drew creates Scotch tape.
1939 – FDR declares “limited national emergency” due to war in Europe.
1946 – Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456.
1951 – Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries in San Francisco.
1954 – With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14 pitches, then walks.
1960 – Nationwide release (US) of Alfred Hitchock’s “Psycho” starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida.
1973 – Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
1979 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Tracy Austin becomes youngest US champion (16 years, 9 months): beats Chris Evert 6-4, 6-3.
1986 – “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is first broadcast nationally.
1994 – “11th MTV Video Music Awards: Aerosmith wins with newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley opening the show.
1999 – “American Beauty”, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, and Thora Birch, premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 2000)
2004 – The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
2015 – Comedian Stephen Colbert debuts as the new host of CBS’s “The Late Show”
2019 – Cargo ship Golden Ray catches fire and capsizes in St. Simons Sound, off coast of Georgia, trapping four crew members.
2021 – US Biden administration releases blueprint calling for 44% of American electricity to come from the sun by 2050 (currently 3%)
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