1822 – Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory.
1842 – Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long (Ga)
1867 – US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2 cents an acre – Seward’s Folly)
1870 – 15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
1889 – John T. Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY)
1910 – Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi.
1940 – 2nd NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas 60-42.
1946 – “St. Louis Woman” opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances.
1953 – Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory.
1963 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
1967 – Cover picture of Beatles’ “Sgt Pepper’s” is photographed.
1970 – “Applause” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances.
1980 – Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women’s Kemper Golf Open.
1981 – President Reagan shot & wounded by John W. Hinckley III.
1981 – “Chariots of Fire” directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982).
1987 – 59th Academy Awards – “Platoon”, Paul Newman & Marlee Matlin win.
1988 – 2nd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston win.
1990 – Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the “Seniors” golf tournament.
1997 – Steve Elkington wins Golf’s Players Championship.
2013 – American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars.