1670 – King Charles II gives royal charter to the Hudson’s Bay Company.
1865 – US President Andrew Johnson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis.
1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published.
1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09.
1908 – “Take me out to the Ball Game” registered for copyright.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1923 – Senator Walter Johnson pitches his 100th shutout, beats Yanks 3-0.
1927 – US Supreme Court’s “Buck v. Bell”, permits forced sterilizations of various “unfits” by states’ authorities where such surgeries are practiced for eugenic reasons.
1932 – Jack Benny’s 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network).
1941 – FCC approves regular scheduled commercial TV broadcasts to begin July 1.
1949 – Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman.”
1960 – House investigating committee, looking into payola questions.
1974 – Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred.
1981 – Radio Shack re-releases Model III TRSDOS 1.3 with 2 fixes.
1994 – Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides.
1997 – Donald Trump & Maria Maples announce they are separating.
1999 – John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL.
2000 – President Bill Clinton announces that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military.
2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
2013 – Rhode Island becomes the tenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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