1821, The rubber fire hose is patented by James Boyd.
1848, The ice cream freezer is patented by William G. Young.
1868, Memorial Day was first observed when General John Logan suggested a national Decoration Day.
1883, twelve people were trampled to death when a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing triggered a stampede.
1908, Cartoon legend Mel Blanc is born. He supplied the voices to characters including Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, The Flintstones‘ Barney Rubble, and The Jetsons‘ Mr. Spacely, among others. He dies in 1989.
1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1935, Babe Ruth appeared in his final major league game, playing only the first inning of the opener of a doubleheader between his Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies.
1937, ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
1956, in a game against the Washington Senators, New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hit a home run that came within 18 inches of leaving Yankee Stadium, something never accomplished by any player.
1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1982, the Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken, Jr. played the first of his record 2,632 consecutive games, giving him 502 more than the previous record holder, Lou Gehrig.
1996, John Tesh anchored his last Entertainment Tonight show after a 10-year stint with co-host Mary Hart, to concentrate on his New Age composing career.
1996, Sarah Ferguson and Britain’s Prince Andrew were granted a divorce.
1997, child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in New Jersey of raping and strangling his seven-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. Kanka’s 1994 murder inspired Megan’s Laws across the country, requiring that communities be notified when sex offenders move in. Timmendequas was later sentenced to death.
2003, The animated movie Finding Nemo, starring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Geoffrey Rush, Elizabeth Perkins, and John Ratzenberger, opens.
1848, The ice cream freezer is patented by William G. Young.
1868, Memorial Day was first observed when General John Logan suggested a national Decoration Day.
1883, twelve people were trampled to death when a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing triggered a stampede.
1908, Cartoon legend Mel Blanc is born. He supplied the voices to characters including Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, The Flintstones‘ Barney Rubble, and The Jetsons‘ Mr. Spacely, among others. He dies in 1989.
1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1935, Babe Ruth appeared in his final major league game, playing only the first inning of the opener of a doubleheader between his Boston Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies.
1937, ten people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
1956, in a game against the Washington Senators, New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hit a home run that came within 18 inches of leaving Yankee Stadium, something never accomplished by any player.
1958, unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1982, the Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken, Jr. played the first of his record 2,632 consecutive games, giving him 502 more than the previous record holder, Lou Gehrig.
1996, John Tesh anchored his last Entertainment Tonight show after a 10-year stint with co-host Mary Hart, to concentrate on his New Age composing career.
1996, Sarah Ferguson and Britain’s Prince Andrew were granted a divorce.
1997, child molester Jesse K. Timmendequas was convicted in New Jersey of raping and strangling his seven-year-old neighbor, Megan Kanka. Kanka’s 1994 murder inspired Megan’s Laws across the country, requiring that communities be notified when sex offenders move in. Timmendequas was later sentenced to death.
2003, The animated movie Finding Nemo, starring the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Willem Dafoe, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Geoffrey Rush, Elizabeth Perkins, and John Ratzenberger, opens.
