- 1789] George Washington takes office as our 1st President of these United States on Wall Street...1931] The George Washington Bridge, linking Manhattan to New Jersey opens...
- 1901] Cy Young pitching for the Boston Americans, beats the A's 8-6 in Philadelphia. The Americans name will change to the Red Sox...1939] Lou Gehrig plays his last game with the Yankees. In that game Gehrig goes 0 for 4 against the Washington Senators in a game played at Yankee Stadium...
- 1939] The New York World's Fair, billed as a look at "The World of Tomorrow" opens in Flushing Meadow...
- 1961] Using utility player Joey Amalfitano's bat, Willie Mays of the S.F. Giants becomes the 9th player in history to hit 4 home runs in a game as the Giants beat up on Milwaukee 14-4 at Milwaukee County Stadium...
- 1991] An estimated 125,000 die as a cyclone hits Bangladesh...
- 1993] Top-ranked women's tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany by a 38-year old Steffi Graf fan. Seles will never be the same player after the stabbing. The wound was 1/2" deep...
- 1997] ABC-TV airs the "coming out" episode of "Ellen" in which the title character played by Ellen DeGeneres admits she's a lesbian. Are you trying to tell us something Ellen???
- 2001] Washington intern Chandra Levy is seen for the last time at a health club near her apartment. Her remains are found more than a year later in a D.C. park. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy...
- 2004] Former New Jersey Net star Jayson Williams is acquitted of aggravated manslaughter in the shotgun slaying of his limo driver at his New Jersey mansion. This case will be retried. The date is pending...
- 2007] 'Happy Trails' to: Comedian Tom Poston passes away at 85 after a brief illness...2007] Zola Taylor, one of the original Platters and former wife of Frankie Lyman, dies from pneumonia after a series of strokes. Taylor was 69...
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