1777 – Vermont declares independence from New York.
1865 – Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Ft. Fisher, NC, 40 die.
1868 – Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit.
1883 – Pendleton Act creates basis of US Civil Service system.
1919 – Prohibition ratified by 3/4 of US states; Nebraska is 36th.
1936 – 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah, Florida.
1938 – 1st jazz concert held at Carnegie Hall (Benny Goodman)
1949 – WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast.
1952 – US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary.
1954 – “South Pacific” closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances.
1962 – Suit accuses NYC Board of Education uses “racial quotas”
1964 – “Hello Dolly!” opens at St. James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances.
1974 – “Jaws” by Peter Benchley is published by Doubleday.
1973 – NBC presents 440th & final showing of “Bonanza”
1978 – 5th American Music Awards: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and Conway Twitty, were winners.
1985 – “Playboy” announces end of stapling centerfolds.
1998 – NFL St. Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix.
1991 – 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards – Days of Our Lives wins.
2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be it final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2016 – First ever flower grown in space – a zinnia aboard the International Space Station using NASA veggie system.
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