1639—Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard.
1677—Massachusetts gains title to Maine for $6,000.
1852—Uncle Sam cartoon figure made its debut in the NY Lantern weekly.
1868—Senate begins US President Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial.
1884—US adopts Standard Time.
1887—Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs.
1897—San Diego Stat University is founded.
1911—Ivan Caryll’s musical “Pink Lady” premieres in NYC.
1913—Kansas legislature approved censorship of motion pictures.
1923—Lee de Forest demonstrates his sound-on-film moving pictures (NYC)
1933—Banks reopen.
1938—World News Roundup is broadcast for the first time on CBS radio in the United States.
1943—Frank Dixon wins Knight of Columbus mile (4:09.6)
1948—10th NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42.
1950—General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232. (record)
1960—NFL’s Chicago Cardinals moves to St. Louis.
1961—JKF sets up the Alliance for Progress.
1969—Apollo 9 returns to Earth.
1980—Ford Motor Co found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto.
1982—TV drama “T.J. Hooker” premiers on ABC network starring William Shatner.
1986—Microsoft has its Initial public offering.
1991—Exxon pays $1-billion dollars in fines & cleanup of Valdez oil spill.
1992—Martina Navratilova & Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit.
2008—Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000.00 an ounce for the first time.
2012—Encyclopedia Britannica announces that it will no longer publish printed versions of its encyclopedia.
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