1524, explorer Giovanni Da Verrazano discovered present-day New York Harbor.
1869, in the first professional baseball game ever played, the Cincinnati Reds beat the rival Cincinnati Amateurs, 24-15.
1907, Ellis Island Immigration Center processes more people than ever, hitting a record of 11,747 people.
1910, Walter R. Brookins made the first airplane flight at night. He passed over Montgomery, Alabama. At least, he was pretty sure it was Montgomery…….
1924, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios is formed after a merger of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and the Louis B. Mayer Company.
1934, The first Laundromat opened, in Fort Worth, Texas. For the first time, people could rent washing machines for laundering clothes.
1937, cartoon character Daffy Duck debuted in Warner Brothers’ Porky’s Duck Hunt.
1960, Eddie Cochran who wrote “Three Steps to Heaven” dies at age 21 and Gene Vincent is seriously injured after a car crash in London.
1961, about 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay Of Pigs invasion of Cuba in a failed attempt to overthrow the Communist government of Fidel Castro.
1964, Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Mustang at New York’s World’s Fair.
1964, Washington’s FBI lab reports that it can’t determine the lyrics to “Louie Louie.”
1969, a Los Angeles jury convicted Sirhan Sirhan in the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. His death sentence was later changed to life in prison after California’s death penalty was overturned.
1970, Ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to earth.
1970, Johnny Cash performs for President Nixon at the White House. Nixon wouldn’t let him leave unless Cash performed “A Boy Named Sue” but Cash refuses Nixon’s request for “Okie From Muskogee.”
1970, Paul McCartney releases his first solo album.
1982, Paul McCartney becomes the first composer to have simultaneous hits on the black and country music charts.
1993, a Los Angeles federal jury convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King. Two other officers were acquitted.
1996, a Los Angeles jury spared the lives of brothers Erik & Lyle Menendez, who’d been convicted of killing their wealthy parents, recommending life in jail without parole instead of the death penalty.
2001, filmmaker Steven Spielberg resigned his position on the advisory board of the Boy Scouts Of America, over the group’s ban on gays.
2001, Joey Ramone of the Ramones is buried in New Jersey following a private funeral ceremony.

 

DEMI MOORE RETURNS TO TWITTER: Demi Moore has returned to Twitter. The actress — still posting as @mrskutcher — sent out her first message in three months on Monday. Demi posted what appeared to be a self-portrait, showing herself lying on top of her bed, staring up at the camera through dark-rimmed glasses. The caption simply said, “Testing . . . “DOES TAYLOR ARMSTRONG HAVE A DRINKING PROBLEM? Those close to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong are reportedly urging the reality star to go to rehab. Sources say that Taylor has been drinking excessively since her husband Russell committed suicide last summer. A source told Radar, “The fellow Housewives feel that Taylor needs to go to rehab to learn how to cope with the pressures of life without alcohol or any other substances. Taylor is in denial that she has a problem with booze. One of the reasons is why is because she is a paid spokesperson for Ciroc vodka. She earns about $100 thousand a year from that endorsement deal, and she is afraid that if she goes to rehab they will drop her.”

ACTRESSES BARE ALL FOR ‘ALLURE’: Maria Menounos and Debra Messing both posed nude for a spread in the latest issue of Allure magazine. Both laid out on a bed in their individual shots, wearing only a ring and bracelet. Although both ladies are totally in the buff, their bodies are facing down and noting too risque is exposed. Check out the shots: https://bit.ly/IgEIo8

SOURCE: RYAN O’NEAL PROGNOSIS IS ‘GRIM’: Even though Ryan O’Neal issued an optimistic statement regarding his prostate cancer diagnosis, sources close to the actor say that this prognosis is ‘very grim.’ A source told RadarOnline.com, “that the cancer has spread to O’Neal’s “bones, and other areas of his body. Ryan has been told that the odds of him being alive in five years are very bleak. Most men that are diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer rarely make it to three years.”

PAULEY PERETTE HAS EX-HUABND DRAMA: Pauley Perrette’s ex-husband has been charged with one count of violating a court order and one count of probation violation. E! couldn’t confirm if the NCIS star was in fact the person who took out the restraining order, but the two divorced in 2004 after just four years of marriage. If convicted, Francis “Coyote” Shivers could face up to 18 months in jail.