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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.

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