- 1524] Giovanni da Verrazano reaches present day New York harbor. Verrazano says he won't leave until a bridge is built in his name...
- 1704] John Campbell publishes what will eventually become the 1st successful American newspaper. He calls it the "Boston News-Letter"...
- 1937] Debuted on this date: Daffy Duck debuts in "Porky's Duck Hunt"...1951] Mickey Mantle goes 1 for 4 in his debut with the Yankees as the Bombers beat the Red Sox 5-0. Two years later on the same date in 1953, Mantle hits the first "tape measure" home run in Washington (D.C.) The ball travels 565 feet...1964] Ford unveils its new Mustang...1967] "The Joey Bishop Show" debuts on ABC-TV with Regis Philbin as the announcer. The show will run through 1969...
- 1947] Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit in a 12-6 win over the Braves in Brooklyn...
- 1960] 21-year old rocker Eddie Cochran dies in Bath, England from injuries sustained in a car crash that seriously wounds Gene Vincent. Vincent will recover from his injuries...
- 1963] Paul Hornung of Green Bay and Alex Karras of Detroit are suspended from the NFL for a full season for betting on NFL games...
- 1969] Guilty as charged: A jury in Los Angeles convicts Sirhan B. Sirhan of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968...1993] Two former L.A. police officers are convicted of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers are acquitted...1996] Erik and Lyle Menendez are sentenced to life without parole for the murder of their parents...
- 1970] Johnny Cash performs at the White House at the invitation of Richard Nixon...
- 1972] The Boston Marathon allows women to run for the 1st time in its 76-year history...
- 1998] 'Happy Trails': Cancer claims the life of Linda McCartney at 56...2007] Socialite/actress/spokeswoman for the arts, Kitty Carlisle Hart passes away from congestive heart failure resulting from a prolonged bout of pneumonia. She was 96...
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