TODAY in HISTORY

1733 — First international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni

1835 — First edition of the New York Herald

1840 — First postage stamps (Penny Black) issued (Great Britain)

1889 — Eiffel Tower completed 1929 — New York to San Francisco footrace begins

1940 — Pulitzer Prize awarded to John Steinbeck (“The Grapes of Wrath”)

1950 — Liz Taylor’s first marriage (Conrad Hilton, Jr.)

1955 — West Germany joins NATO 1960 — U.S. President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960

1970 — Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest

1987 — Gary Hart denies affair with model Donna Rice

1994 — Lennox Lewis TKOs Phil Jackson in 8 for heavyweight boxing title

1997— Michael Jackson and Bee Gees inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame