1877
Federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans.
This was the end to the North’s post-Civil War rule in the South.
1985
There were a reported 832,602 millionaires in the United States on this day, according to researchers.
9.63 million millionaires in the US
1990
The space shuttle Discovery blasted off from Cape Canaveral, FL.
It was carrying the $1.5 billion Hubble Space Telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken some incredible pictures over 25 years!
1991
At the 26th Academy of Country Music Awards, Garth Brooks won Entertainer Of The Year!
He also won Video and Song Of The Year with The Dance, Album of the year with No Fences and single record of the year with Friends In Low Places
2007
The legendary Whitney Houston divorces her R&B singer-songwriter Bobby Brown
(*FUNNY VIDEO* **WARNING** **LANGUAGE**)
Whitney filed for divorce due to irreconcilable differences after 14 years of marriage
and then lastly…
2008
Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 36 months in Federal prison!
He was sentenced on tax evasion charges!
-Tyler Jackson
