- 1513] The first real estate mogul: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida and puts up a condo in Boca...
- 1902] Pass the popping corn: The first motion picture theater opens - The Electric Theatre in Los Angeles. Orville Redenbacher kvells...
- 1930] The Haile Selassie Fan Club is started: Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia...
- 1932] Blood Money: A $50,000 ransom is paid for the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. The child is not returned and will be found dead the following month...
- 1972] 'Happy Trails': Mets manager Gil Hodges who managed the Mets to their first world championship in 1969, dies of a heart attack while playing golf in West Palm Beach (FL) two days before his 48th birthday. Yogi Berra replaces Hodges as Mets manager...1998] Rob Pilatus of Milli Vanilli dies of a drug overdose in a Frankfurt, Germany hotel room. Pilatus was 32...2005] Pope John Paul II dies of natural causes at 85. Karol Jozef Wojtyla is succeeded by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger who becomes Pope Benedict XVI...
- 1972] Little Tramp sighting: Charlie Chaplin returns to the U.S. for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 50s...
- 1978] Debuted on this date: The first episode of "Dallas" airs on CBS-TV. The series will run for the last time in May of 1991...
- 1986] The Trey goes to college: The NCAA adopts the 3-point shot in men's basketball and decides to use instant replay to check scoring and timing errors...
- 1992] Guilty as charged: Mob boss John Gotti is convicted in New York of murder and racketeering. He's later sentenced to life in prison where he will die...
- 2007] Gator attack: The Florida Gators be
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