- 1674] Horse racing is prohibited in Massachusetts. It returns when the state figures out how to collect the vig...
- 1876] Henry Ford makes a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage through the streets of Detroit...
- 1935] Invisible glass is patented by Gerald Brown and Edward Pollard who try to walk through it but suffer severe gashes and several stitches for their effort after being rushed to an invisible hospital and treated by an invisible attending doctor...
- 1939] The 1st shopping cart is introduced by Sylvan Goldman of Oklahoma City. That afternoon the cart disappears...
- 1947] The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approves the Taft-Hartley Act which allows the president to intervene in labor disputes...
- 1974] The Cleveland Indians hold "10 Cent Beer Night" but are forced to forfeit their game with Texas because of drunk, unruly fans carrying on. Not Cleveland's finest hour...
- 1989] Chinese Army troops storm Tiananmen Square in Beijing to crush the pro-democracy movement resulting in hundreds and possibly thousands killed...
- 1998] Guilty as charged: Terry Nichols is sentenced by a federal judge to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing...
- 2000] Julius "Dr. J" Erving reports that his 19-year old son Cory is missing. His body will be found on July 6, 2000...
- 2003] Martha Stewart steps down as head of her media empire, hours after federal prosecutors charge her with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud, lying to investigators and a having dirty cake pan...
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