1791 – John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver.
1849 – Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (only US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions.
1862 – US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000)
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, NC.
1876 – 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson)
1896 – After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world heavyweight championship he says, “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”
1902 – A United States court of appeals rules that Thomas Edison did not invent the movie camera.
1910 – Pittsburgh Courier begins publishing.
1933 – Nevada becomes 1st US state to regulate narcotics.
1941 – Lee McPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets.
1951 – “Where’s Charley?” closes Broadway Theater NYC after 56 performances.
1963 – Pete Rose debuts with hits in his 2 at bats in spring training.
1964 – US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany.
1969 – James Earl Ray pleads guilty to murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1980 – Willard Scott becomes the weather forecaster on the Today Show.
1985 – 32nd ACC Men’s Basketball Championship: Georgia Tech beats North Carolina, 57-54.
1991 – Eddie Sutton is 1st NCAA coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs.
1995 – Dow Jones Industrial Average hits record high, 4035.64.
2000 – 16th Soap Opera Digest Awards – General Hospital wins.
2015 – The family of Marvin Gaye win a record $7.3 million lawsuit for music copyright infringement against Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.
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