1686 – Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (d. 1736) is born.
1830 – "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by Sarah Josepha Hale is published.
1830 – The first revenue trains in the United States begin service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland.
1844 – Samuel Morse sends the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblical quotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore, Maryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line.
1856 – John Brown and his men kill five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
1879 – H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (d. 1956) is born.
1883 – The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
1921 – The trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opens.
1930 – Amy Johnson lands in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight).
1933 – Jane Byrne, American lawyer and politician, 50th Mayor of Chicago (d. 2014) is born.
1935 – The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
1945 – Priscilla Presley, American actress and businesswoman is born.
1958 – United Press International is formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.
1974 – Duke Ellington, American pianist and composer (b. 1899) dies.
1976 – The London to Washington, D.C., Concorde service begins.
1984 – Vince McMahon, Sr., American wrestling promoter and businessman, founded WWE (b. 1914) dies.
1994 – Four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 are each sentenced to 240 years in prison.
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