Bananas were sold as a novelty at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia –
New York was first U.S. state to pass legislation on oleomargarine –
Danish women were granted the right to vote –
US troops liberate Rome (WWII) –
The Marshall plan is announced by US Secretary of State George C. Marshall in address at Harvard University –
Senator Robert Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles –
Teton Dam in southeastern Idaho collapsed, resulting in a flood that killed 11 and left 30,000 homeless. The flood caused an estimated $1 billion in damages and nearly wiped out the Idaho cattle industry –
Weather
34 tornadoes wound through Arkansas –
A foot of snow fell at the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area in California –
