2018
2016
2012
1998
1997
Gordie Howe, 69, agrees to suit up for the IHL’s Detroit Vipers in the team’s season opener; will become the only professional hockey player to play in six consecutive decades.
1972
1967
“Gilligan’s Island” aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows.
1957
1950
NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.
1893
1888
George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers “Kodak”.