1833 – John Deere makes 1st steel plough.
1835 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr. publishes the first issue of he New York Herald (price 1 cent)
1851 – Dr. John Gorrie patents a “refrigeration machine”
1851 – Linus Yale patents Yale lock.
1861 – Arkansas & Tennessee becomes 9th and 10th states to secede from US.
1890 – Mormon Church renounces polygamy {1006-Truth Restored (Morman pub)}
1915 – Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut & 1st HR, loses to Yanks 4-3 in 15 innings.
1939 – 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03:4.
1941 – At California’s March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show.
1954 – Robert Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
1957 – Last broadcast of “I Love Lucy” on CBS-TV.
1960 – US President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960.
1987 – Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH.
1987 – PTL’s Jim Bakker and Rich Dortch dismissed from Assemblies of God.
1988 – Doughnutgate incident: NJ Devils’ coach Jim Schoenfeld tells referee Don Koharski to ‘eat another doughnut you fat pig!,’ he is suspended.
1995 – Classic Sports Network begins on cable TV.
1997 – Michael Jackson & Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
2004 – TV sitcom ‘Friends’ airs season finale in 10th and final season in US (52.5 million viewers)
2013 – Wal-Mart becomes the largest company by revenue on the Fortune 500 list.
2013 – The US Senate passes a bill enabling taxing of online sales.
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