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
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