1700 – William Penn began monthly meetings for blacks advocating emancipation.
1718 – The city of New Orleans was founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.
1789 – First US Presidential Inaugural ball (for George Washington in NYC)
1847 – American Medical Association organizes (Phila).
1873 – US marines attack Panama.
1877 – Cincinnati Enquirer first uses term “Bullpen” to indicate foul territory.
1888 – George Eastman patents “Kodak box camera”
1912 – Columbia University approves plans for awarding the Pulitzer Prize in several categories, after established by Joseph Pulitzer.
1914 – US Congress establishes Mother’s Day.
1927 – San Francisco Municipal Airport (Mills Field) dedicated.
1938 – 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04:8.
1947 – “Kraft Television Theater” premieres on NBC.
1959 – “Roy Campanella Night” is largest baseball crowd (93,103 in LA Coliseum) sees Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax beat Yankees 6-2 in exhibition.
1966 – Mama’s & Papas “Monday Monday” hits #1.
1975 – President Ford declares an end to “Vietnam Era.”
1984 – $180 million out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit.
1992 – Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes.
1998 – Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion USD and forms DaimlerChrysler in the largest industrial merger in history.
2013 – The Dow Jones Industrial average and S&P 500 set record highs.
2013 – Delaware becomes the 11th US State to legalize same-sex marriage.
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