1562 – Kissing in public banned in Naples (punishable by death).
1776 – Publication of the influential economics book “the Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith.
1822 – Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth.
1858 – Albert Potts of Philadelphia patents the street mailbox.
1936 – Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player.
1950 – Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC.
1954 – 1st local color TV commercial WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
1957 – 4th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats South Carolina, 95-75.
1959 – Barbie makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in New York. Over a billion have been sold worldwide since.
1961 – Supremes release “I Want A Guy” & “Never Again”
1964 – 1st Ford Mustang produced.
1968 – 10th Grammy Award: Up Up & Away, Sgt Pepper’s wins 4.
1975 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
1979 – Bowie Kuhn orders baseball to give equal access to female reporters.
1981 – Dan Rather becomes primary anchorman of CBS-TV news.
1986 – 16th Easter Seal Telethon raises $30,100,000.
1987 – Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion.
1993 – 7th Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Mary J. Blige win.
2007 – The US Justice Department releases an internal audit that 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.
2015 – US President Barack Obama signs an executive order declaring Venezuela a national security threat to the US.
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