1920 The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
1947 Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.
1959 Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
1967 Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1990 Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.
1947 Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.
1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.
1959 Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.
1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.
1967 Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1990 Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.
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