1542 – Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California, at San Diego Bay.
1701 – Divorce legalized in Maryland.
1787 – Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval.
1850 – US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment.
1904 – Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC.
1924 – 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops.
1928 – 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack’s Gully Jumpers).
1938 – Clare Boothe’s “Boys Goodbye” premieres in NYC.
1941 – Ted Williams ended the baseball season with .406 batting average.
1949 – “My Friend Irma” is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis.
1953 – “Bob & Ray Show” TV Variety last air on NBC.
1955 – WITN TV channel 7 in Washington, NC (NBC) begins broadcasting.
1960 – “My Heart Has a Mind of its Own” by Connie Francis hits #1.
1961 – “Doctor Kildare” debuts on NBC-TV.
1974 – “Rock Me Gently” by Andy Kims peaks at #1.
1974 – US 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy.
1982 – 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules.
1990 – Marvin Gaye gets a star on Hollywood’s walk of fame.
1997 – Newscaster David Brinkley, 74, retires after 54 years in broadcasting.
2015 – NASA scientists announce the discovery of flowing water on Mars.