1307 – William Tell reputedly shoots apple off his son’s head.
1861 – The first provisional meeting of the Confederate Congress is held in Richmond, Virginia.
1894 – 1st newspaper Sunday color comic section published (NY World).
1902 – Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michton names the teddy bear after US President Teddy Roosevelt.
1913 – Lincoln Deachey performs first airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego).
1928 – Walt Disney’s “Steamboat Willie” released, first Mickey Mouse sound cartoon.
1949 – The U.S. Air Force grounds B-29s after two crashes and 23 deaths in three days.
1951 – Former Cubs 1st baseman & future TV star of Rifleman Chuck Connors is 1st player to oppose the major league draft.
1960 – Copyright office issues its 10th millionth registration.
1964 – J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as “most notorious liar.”
1970 – Johnny Bench wins NL MVP.
1978 – In Jonestown Guyana 918 members of Peoples Temple are murdered or commit suicide under leadership of cult leader Jim Jones.
1984 – “3 Musketeers” closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 9 performances.
1987 – Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair.
1997 – Arizona Diamondbacks & Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion draft.
1999 – In College Station, Texas, 12 are killed and 27 injured at Texas A&M University when a massive bonfire under construction collapses.
2001 – Phillips Petroleum and Conoco merge into a new company as ‘ConocoPhillips’, the third-largest oil and natural gas company in the US.
2003 – Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the state’s ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional.
2007 – 34th American Music Awards: Fergie, Justin Timberlake & Carrie Underwood win.
2007 – 59th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jimmie Johnson wins.
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