1690 The first paper money in America was issued by the colony of Massachusetts.
1876 - Albert Spalding and his brother started a sporting goods store. They manufactured the first official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball and football.
1959 The day the music died. Rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson died in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
1998 Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker for the pickax killings of two people in 1983.
1998 A U.S. Marine jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in Italy, sending the car's 20 occupants plunging 370 feet to their deaths.
2001 - The XFL debuted. The Las Vegas Outlaws beat the New York/New Jersey Hitman 19-0 and the Orlando Rage beat the Chicago Enforcers 33-29.
2006 An Egyptian passenger ferry sank in the Red Sea during bad weather, killing more than 1,000 passengers.
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