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1487 – Bell chimes invented.
1798 – Rep Mathew Lyon (VT) spits in face of Rep Roger Griswold (CT) in US House of Representatives, after an argument.
1800 – US population: 5,308,483: African American population 1,002,037 (18.9%).
1835 – Richard Lawrence misfires at President Andrew Jackson in Washington, DC in 1st attempted assassination of a US President.
1894 – Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit.
1919 – Cincinnati Reds baseball team hire Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army.
1931 – Charlie Chaplin’s “City Lights” premieres at Los Angeles Theater.
1933 – “Lone Ranger” begins a 21-year run on ABC radio.
1943 – USS Chicago sinks in Pacific Ocean.
1956 – Elvis Presley records his version of “Blue Suede Shoes”
1961 – Bobby Darin is youngest performer to headline a TV special on NBC.
1967 – 55th Men’s Australian Championship: Roy Emerson beats Arthur Ashe (6-4,6-1,6-4).
1968 – Bobby Goldsboro records his biggest hit, “Honey”
1973 – Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts.
1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”
1989 – 16th American Music Awards: Randy Travis and George McMichael win.
1989 – The American embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan closes.
2003 – Richard Reid sentenced to life in prison for attempting to bomb an American Airlines flight with 197 on board.
2005 – 93rd Women’s Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Lindsay Davenport (2-6,6-3,6-0)
2011- 58th NHL All-Star Game:  Team Lidstrom beats Team Staal 11-10 at Raleigh, NC.

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