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1983 Alvin "Junior" Samples, American comedian and country singer (Hee Haw), dies of a heart attack at 57

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British Broadcasting Company Makes Its First Radio Broadcast (1922)
The original BBC—the British Broadcasting Company—was founded by radio manufacturers eager to provide programs for the radios they were selling. Just two weeks after listeners began purchasing receiving licenses, Arthur Burrows read the first newscast from Marconi House in London. Two more stations—Birmingham and Manchester—went on the air the next day. Within five years, the company was transformed into the British Broadcasting Corporation.

1920 American Pro Football League's Chic Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards(field was on the side of a hill evidently)

well, the ball was round so it would roll father

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Margaret Thatcher and Garret FitzGerald Sign the Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
Though it did not bring an immediate end to the Troubles, the Anglo-Irish Agreement addressed some specific points of contention. It granted the Republic of Ireland a role in the government of Northern Ireland for the first time, while confirming that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the UK until a majority of its citizens decided otherwise. The agreement met with fierce opposition in Northern Ireland.

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Elizabeth I Becomes Queen of England and Ireland (1558)
King Henry VIII of England died nine years after the birth of his much-desired male heir, Edward VI. However, Edward died at the age of 15, and his chosen successor—his cousin, Lady Jane Grey—was beheaded after a nine-day rule. Jane was succeeded by Henry VIII's eldest daughter, whose turbulent five-year-reign earned her the nickname "Bloody Mary." Mary died childless, and the crowning of her half-sister, Elizabeth, marked the beginning of an era of stability.

1774 First City Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry formed at Carpenter's Hall, Philadelphia, one of the oldest US military units still in service

1798 Beginning of a 5 day New England Blizzard that covers thousands of houses and kills hundreds

1800 Congress meets for the first time in the newly built but still incomplete Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., established by the Residence Act of 1790

1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe

1862 Union General Ambrose Burnside marches north out of Washington, D.C., to begin the Fredericksburg campaign (Disaster)

1871 National Rifle Association is first chartered in the State of New York

1873 Rival cities of Buda & Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary

1884 Police arrest boxer John L. Sullivan in the second round of a match for being "cruel"

1894 Daily Racing Form founded

1894 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston after being tracked there from Philadelphia by the Pinkertons

1914 US declares Panama Canal Zone neutral

1917 Vladimir Lenin defends "temporary" removal of freedom of the press - so much for the Daily Bugle

1922 The last sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Mehmed VI, is expelled to Malta on a British warship

1927 Tornado hits Washington, D.C. (could use another)

1928 Boston Garden officially opens

1928 Notre Dame finally loses a football game at home after 23 years

1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union, opens trade

1940 Green Bay Packers become the first NFL team to travel by plane

1953 St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc

1956 Syracuse fullback Jim Brown scores an NCAA record of 43 points in a game against Colgate University 

1970 Stanford Research Institute scientist Douglas Engelbart receives the first patent for the computer mouse

1991 Detroit Lion Mike Utley is paralized in a game vs LA Rams

1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test.Yup integrity in reporting right there

2004 Kmart Corp. announces it is buying Sears, Roebuck and Co. for $11 billion USD and naming the newly merged company Sears Holdings Corporation.That worked out great for both

2006 Bo Schembechler Jr., American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Miami U), coach (Miami U 1963-68, University of Michigan 1969-89; career record 234–65–8), and administrator (Michigan), dies at 77

2021 Record number of Americans, over 100,000, died of drug overdoses April 2020 - April 2021 according to the CDC

2023 Earth's hottest day: global average surface temperature more than 2°C (2.06°C) above pre-industrial levels for the first time according to EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service