1562 – Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death)
1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth.
1858 – Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox.
1907 – 1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana.
1936 – Babe Ruth turns down Cincinnati Reds to make a comeback as a player.
1946 – Ted Williams is offered $500,000 to play in Mexican Baseball League, he refuses.
1950 – Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC.
1959 – Barbie, the popular girls’ doll, debuted, over 800 million sold.
1962 – US advisors in South Vietnam join the fight.
1964 – First Ford Mustang produced.
1968 – 10th Grammy Awards: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper’s wins 4.
1976 – 1st female cadets accepted to West Point Military Academy.
1979 – Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
1981 – Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV News.
1987 – Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion.
1989 – Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy.
1995 – Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
2007 – The US Justice Department releases an internal audit found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had acted illegally in its use of the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about US citizens.
2011 – Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights.
2015 – US President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US.
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