1787 – US Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old.
1849 – Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslet (Louisville, Kentucky)
1881 – The USS Jeannette, under the command of George Washington De Long, is crushed by Artic ice after 21 months of ice-bound drifting.
1909 – “Shine On, Harvest Moon” by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1.
1917 – US Secret Service extends protection of the President to include his family.
1923 – Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet above ground in NYC.
1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury.
1939 – Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, NY.
1945 – US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa.
1954 – Bill Halley’s “Rock Around the Clock” is originally released.
1963 – “Cleopatra” directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton premieres in NYC.
1965 – Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance in “American Bandstand”
1967 – US Supreme Court unanimously ends law against interracial marriages.
1977 – “Pippin” closes at Imperial theater NYC after 1944 performances.
1980 – Ronald Reagan says he will submit to periodic medical tests.
1987 – US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin wall.
1996 – 3 Philadelphia Federal Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet.
2002 – Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets 4-0 in NBA finals MVP: Shaquille O’Neal, L.A.
2009 – TSC” All television broadcasts in the United States switch from analog NTSC to digital ATSC transmission.
2017 – Forbes release Top 100 highest-paid entertainers list – Sean “Diddy” Combs at No.1 with earnings of 130 million.
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