1774—British close port of Boston to all commerce.
1778—Capt. James Cook 1st sights Oregon coast, at Yaguina Bay.
1801—Massachusetts enacts1st state voter registration law.
1854—Charles Miller patents 1st US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes.
1857—Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs.
1876—Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone.
1887—North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.
1908—Cincinnati Mayor Mark Breith stood before city council & announces that, “women are not physically fit to operate automobiles.
1918—President Wilson authorizes US Army’s Distinguished Service Medal.
1933—Game of “Monopoly” invented.
1946—“Three to Make Ready” opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 323 performances.
1951—Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title.
1955—7th Emmy Awards; Make Room for Daddy, Danny Thomas & Loretta Young win.
1968—The BBC broadcasts the news for the first time in color on television.
1974—“Monitor” (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, NC.
1983—TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
1987—Mike Tyson beats Bonecrusher Smith in 12 for heavyweight boxing title.
1988—Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E. Sullivan Award.
1996—Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists.
2011—Charlie Sheen is fired from the CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men”
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