1889 – Columbia Phonograph, today known as Columbia Records, is founded in Washington, D.C.
1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed king of the Great Britain after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
1947 – KTLA, the first commercial TV station west of the Mississippi River, begins operations in Hollywood, Calif.
1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off, carrying the first Lunar module into space.
1987 – Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer shoots and kills himself during a televised press conference, leading to debates on boundaries in TV journalism.
2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in U.S. history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
