1810 – Illinois passes 1st state vaccination legislation in US.
1836 – Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelmed the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.
1857 – Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens.
1886 – 1st US alternating current power plant starts, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
1899 – “Aspirin” (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffman at German Company Bayer.
1918 – US naval boat “Cyclops” disappears in Bermuda Triangle.
1922 – Babe Ruth signs 3 year contract with NY Yankees at $52,000 a year.
1930 – Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food.
1940 – 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC.
1950 – Silly Putty goes on sale in the US.
1959 – 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr win.
1964 – Boxing legend Cassius Clay publicly announces his conversion to Islam, changing his name to “Muhammad Ali” calling his former title a “slave name”.
1966 – Barry Sadler’s “Ballard of the Green Berets” becomes #1 (13 weeks).
1972 – Jack Nicklaus, passes Arnold Palmer as golf’s all-time winner.
1978 – Hustler publisher Larry Flynt shot & crippled by a sniper in Georgia.
1981 – Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of “CBS Evening News”.
1985 – Enos (Country) Slaughter & Arky Vaughan are elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to take affect.
2007 – Former White House aide, I. Lewis Libby, Jr. is found guilty on four of five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice trial.
2017 – Wikileaks publishes “Vault 7” CIA documents detailing its hacking and surveillance techniques.
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