1753 – Benjamin Franklin receives the Godfrey Copley medal “on account of his curious Experiments and Observations on Electricity”
1861 – Harper’s Weekly publishes EE Beers’ “All quiet along the Potomac”
1886 – First commercially successful AC electric power plant open, Buffalo, NY.
1902 – American Old West: Second-in-command of Butch Cassidy’s Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor.
1924 – 1st photo facsimile transmitted across Atlantic by radio (London-NYC)
1933 – CCC Camps are established in Cleveland Park District.
1950 – US President Harry Truman threatens China with atom bomb.
1956 – 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards & the News)
1958 – 1st US guided missile destroyer launched – the Dewey at Bath Iron Works, Maine.
1967 – Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement.
1967 – Senator Eugene McCarthy announces he will run for the US presidency on an anti-Vietnam was platform.
1971 – TV movie “Brian’s Song” airs for 1st time on ABC-TV.
1974 – “Good Evening” closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances.
1979 – Ted Koppel becomes anchor of nightly news on Iran Hostages (ABC)
1983 – Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
1988 – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for $25.07 billion USD.
1990 – Actor Burt Lancaster suffers a stroke.
1993 – NFL announces 30th franchise – Jacksonville Jaquars.
1993 – President Clinton signs Brady Gun Control Bill.
2004 – Longtime “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings of Salt Lake City, Utah finally loses, leaving him with $2,529,700 USD, television’s all-time biggest game show haul.
2015 – NBA star Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers) announces his intention to retire at the end of the season.
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