1738 – John Wesley is converted, launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
1775 – John Hancock is unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
1818 – General Andrew Jackson captures Pensacola, Florida.
1830 – “Mary Had A Little Lamb” by Sarah Josepha Hale is first published by Boston firm Marsh, Capen & Lyon.
1854 – Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in US founded by John Miller Dickey and Sarah Emlen Cresson.
1884 – Anti-Monopoly party & Greenback Party forms People’s Party in US.
1899 – 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston)
1916 – US pilot William Thaw shoots down a German Fokker.
1931 – 1st air-conditioned train installed – B&O Railroad.
1954 – Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit.
1962 – M. Scott Carpenter aboard Aurora 7 launched into Earth orbit.
1966 – “Mame” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1508 performances.
1974 – Dean Martin Show last airs on NBC-TV.
1976 – 1st commercial SST flight to North America (Concorde to Washington, DC)
1981 – Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500.
1989 – “Indiana Jones & Last Crusade”, directed by Stephen Spielberg and produced by George Lucas premieres.
1993 – Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement.
2001 – The Democrats gain control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 1994 when Senator James Jeffords of Vermont abandons the Republican Party and declares himself an independent.
2004 – North Korea bans mobile phones.
2015 – Indianapolis 500: Juan Pablo Montoya wins in 3:05:56.5286 (259.653 km/h)
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