1439—Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
1799—Andrew Ellicott makes the first known record of a meteor shower observation in the US, from a ship off the coast of Florida Keys.
1847—Sir James Young Simpson, a British physician, is the first to use chloroform as an anaesthetic.
1892—Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player.
1910—1st movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon.
1926—The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and Birgers.
1933—1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal)
1936—1st TV gardening show.
1936—Oakland Bay Bridge opens.
1946—Walt Disney’s “Song of the South” released.
1966—High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame.
1968—Epperson v. Arkansas in US Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional.
1969—US army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March.
1972—22nd NASCAR Spring Cup: Richard Petty wins.
1980—NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana.
1987—Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine.
1992—NY Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time.
1997—Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2014.
2001—In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 on its way to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all day 260 on board and five in the ground.
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