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–
