- 1835] James Gordon Bennett publishes the New York Herald for the 1st time...
- 1851] Linus Yale patents the clock type lock and has the good sense to put his name on it...
- 1915] Babe Ruth hits his 1st home run (as a Red Sox pitcher) against the Yankees. Three years later on the same date, he will hit one against the Yankees, his first as a position player (1st base)...
- 1937] The hydrogen filled German dirigible Hindenburg crashes and burns in Lakehurst (NJ) killing 36 of the 97 people aboard in one of the most vivid scenes ever captured on film...
- 1954] Roger Bannister becomes the 1st runner to finish a mile under 4 minutes. His time: 3:59:59.4...
- 1957] John Fitzgerald Kennedy wins a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Profiles in Courage"...
- 1960] Britain's Princess Margaret walks stiffly down the aisle with commoner Anthony Armstrong Jones. They will divorce in 1978...
- 1978] Affirmed captures the Kentucky Derby and becomes the last Triple Crown winner...2006] Barbaro wins the Derby, a first for jockey Edgar Prado. Unfortunately tragedy awaits the horse in a tumultuous year...
- 1999] A parole board in New York votes to release Amy Fisher after 7 years, for shooting her lover's wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the face...
- 2004] An estimated 51.1 million watch the final 1st-run episode of "Friends" on NBC-TV...
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