1643 – Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England.
1848 – 1st department store opens.
1848 – Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war.
1884 – Ringling Brothers circus premieres.
1910 – Passage of Earth through tail of Halley’s Comet causes near-panic.
1921 – Congress sharply curbs immigration, setting a national quota system.
1935 – NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936.
1958 – South Pacific soundtrack album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks.
1962 – Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner’s NL hit record with 3,431.
1975 – 27th Emmy Awards: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake & Jean Marsh win.
1977 – “Smokey & the Bandit” premieres.
1985 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic.
1987 – 1st American Comedy Award: Johnny Carson & Betty White.
1991 – “Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story” closes at Shubert NYC after 224 performances.
1991 – Willy T. Ribbs becomes 1st African American driver to make Indianapolis 500.
1992 – 27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary.
1997 – “The Lost World: Jurassic Park”, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Jeff Goldblum and Julianne Moore, premieres in the US.
2007 – “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’ End”, directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom premieres in Anaheim – most expensive film ($300 million) made at the time
2013 – 21st Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift, Red win.
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