On March 27, 1884, the first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York City.
In 1902 the Chicago Daily News became the first-known entity to refer to the city’s National League team using the “Cubs” nickname.
In 1917 the Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup. (They defeated the Montreal Canadiens.)
In 1964 Alaska was rocked by an earthquake that killed 114 people.
In 1977 582 lives were lost when two jumbo jets collided on a runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
In 1997 Dexter King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., met with James Earl Ray, the man imprisoned for the assassination of the civil-rights leader.
In 2000 the Supreme Court decided the federal government could deny food stamps and other welfare benefits to people who live permanently in the United States but who are not citizens.
