1859—Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in US, incorporated.
1860—US Extradition treaty with Sweden.
1866—US Congress authorizes national soldiers’ homes.
1907—US invades Honduras.
1917—Loretta Walsh becomes US Navy’s 1st female Petty Officer.
1924—Mass Investors Trust becomes 1st mutual fund set up in US.
1925—The Butler Act, a Tennessee statue, is passed prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
1935—Persia officially renamed Iran.
1945—1st Japanese flying bombs (ochas) attack Okinawa.
1946—Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933.
1947—President Harry Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States.
1952—Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25,000 attend 1st rock & roll concert ever.
1959—21st NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: California beats West Virginia 71-70.
1961—Art Modell purchases Cleveland Browns for then record ($3,925,000)
1963—Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed.
1965—Martin Luther King Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
1982—Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard.
1988—23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis & Hank Williams, Jr.
1994—Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals.
2000—The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the US Food and Drug Administration had overstepped its regulatory authority when it attempted to restrict the marketing of cigarettes to youngsters.
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