By: Robert G. Hester
1643—1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts)
1775—US Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
1841—Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency.
1865—US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.
1891—Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, SD.
1935—FDR signs National Labor Relations Act.
1937—Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1944—Harry Crosby takes 1st rocket airplane, MX-324, for maiden flight.
1946—75th British Golf Open: Sam Snead shoots a 290 at St. Andrews.
1952—“Of Thee I Sing” closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances.
1969—Rolling Stones play a free concert in London’s Hyde Park.
1975—Billboard #1 Hot 100 single, “Love Will Keep Us Together), Captain & Tennille.
1991—Colorado Rockies & Florida Marlins given approval by owners.
1994—The United States announced it would refuse further unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
1996—Birth of Dolly the Sheep, first mammal to be cloned an adult cell born in Scotland.
2001—Ernie K-Doe, African-American singer (Mother-in-Law) , dies of cirrhosis at 65.
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