1863 – Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville, wounded by his own men.
1865 – US President Andrew Jackson offers $100,000 reward for capture of Jefferson Davis.
1885 – “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published.
1903 – 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker riding Judge Himes wins in 2:09.
1908 – “Take me out to the Ball Game” registered for copyright.
1918 – General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
1932 – Jack Benny’s 1st radio show premieres (NBC Blue Network).
1938 – Ella Fitzgerald records “A-Tisket,A-Tasket.”
1941 – Ted Williams lowest average (.308) in year he hit over .400.
1949 – Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for “Death of a Salesman”
1955 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Tennessee Williams for (Cat on Hot Tin Roof)
1960 – US House investigating committee, looking into payola questions.
1965 – Early Bird satellite goes into commercial service.
1974 – Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred.
1984 – “Sunday in the Park with George” opens at Booth NYC for 604 performances.
1988 – Reds manager Pete Rose is suspended for 30 days for pushing an ump.
1994 – Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides.
1997 – Donald Trump & Marla Maples announce they are separating.
2011 – Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI’s most wanted man is killed by United States special forces in Abbottaban, Pakistan.
2013 – Rhode Island becomes the tenth US state to legalize same-sex marriage.
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