1630—The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
1691—Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter.
1787—US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention.
1819—First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
1850—Great fire in San Francisco.
1873—19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University.
1914—Center fielder Casey Stengel breaks in with Brooklyn & hits 4 singles
1920—National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association.
1928—Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee Florida, drowning 1,800 – 2,500.
1941—Cards’ Stan Musial makes his major league debut, going 2-for-4.
1947—Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year by Sporting News.
1959—59th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus.
1964—“Bewitched” premieres on ABC TV.
1964— The Supremes release “Baby Love”
1972—“M*A*S*H premieres on NBC-TV.
1983—Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st Black.
1986—US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice.
1991—The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
2007—AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York, NY
2010—The 54 year old run of the soap opera ‘As the World Turns’ ends as its final episode is broadcast.
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