1944-Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency
1947-Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
1948-"Toast of the Town" hosted by Ed Sullivan premieres on CBS-TV
1950-Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
1963-US & USSR agree to set up "Hot Line"
1967-Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services
1968-Jim Hines becomes 1st person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds
1970-Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
1974-Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen
1986-Drs at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon
1987-Johnny Carson marries 4th wife Alexis Mass
1990-40,000-50,000 die in a (7.6) earthquake in Iran
1990-Nelson Mandela lands in NYC to begin a tour of the US