1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in the US to earn a medical degree graduating from New York’s Geneva Medical College
1855 – 1st bridge over the Mississippi River in what is now Minneapolis, Minnesota, opens; today made by the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge
1879 – US National Archery Association forms in Crawfordsville, Indiana
1958 – “Body Beautiful” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 60 performances
1958 – Dictator Marcos Perez Jiménez flees Venezuela, Larrazabal takes power
1962 – British intelligence officer Kim Philby defects to USSR
1976 – The results to U.S. advice columnist Ann Landers’ question (if they could do it all over, would parents still become parents) state that 70% of 10,000 responding parents were negative about being parents
1993 – Indian Airlines B737 crashes at Aurangabad, killing 61
1998 – Michael Jordan scores in double figures for 800th consecutive game in a 100-98 OT win over New Jersey; adds 40 more double-figure scoring games to his NBA record before retiring for the second time (1998)
2018 – American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond abruptly retires from touring after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease