1791 – John Stone, Concord, Mass, patents a pile driver.
1862 – US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1,000).
1865 – Battle of Monroe’s Crossroads, NC.
1880 – Salvation Army of England sets up US welfare & religious activity.
1893 – New Mexico State University cancels its 1st graduation ceremony; its only graduate, Sam Steele, was robbed and killed the night before.
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 MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets.
1945 – Patton’s 3rd Army makes contact with Hodge’s 1st Army.
1951 – FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner.
1959 – Tennessee Williams’ “Sweet Bird of Youth” premieres in NYC.
1964 – Simon and Garfunkel record the first version of “The Sound of Silence” at Columbia Studios in New York City.
1971 – US Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18.
1978 – “The Incredible Hulk”, starring Bill Bixby as David Banner, premieres on CBS.
1985 – 32nd ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Georgia Tech beats North Carolina, 57-54.
1991 – Eddie Sutton is 1st NCACC coach to lead 4 schools into playoffs.
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, Pharrell Williams, and T.I.
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