1789 – George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1866 – J Osterhoudt patents tin can key opener.
1871 – Brigham Young, Mormon leader, arrested for bigamy.
1889 – 1st Pan American conference (Washington, DC)
1902 – Beatrix Potter’s “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” is published by Fredrick Warne & Co. in London.
1916 – San Diego Zoo founded.
1933 – Eugene O’Neill’s comedy act “Ah, Wilderness” premieres in NYC.
1936 – 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas.
1947 – “Music in My Heart” opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances.
1950 – 1st strip of Charlie Brown, “Li’l Folks”, a later “Peanuts”, by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 newspapers.
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premieres on CBS television in the US.
1961 – “Ben Casey” premieres on NBC-TV.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice.
1970 – Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30.
1979 – Pope Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture.
1988 – 24th Olympic games close at Seoul, Korea.
1991 – Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 professional tennis matches.
2001 – NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
2013 – 8 people are killed and 14 are injured after an accident involving a SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
2016 – Vin Scully broadcasts his last Dodgers game after a record 67 seasons.
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