1798 – Sedition Act becomes federal law
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sedition-act-becomes-federal-law
1881 – Billy the Kid is shot to death
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/billy-the-kid-is-shot-to-death
1913 – Future President Gerald R. Ford is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/future-president-gerald-r-ford-is-born
1968 – Hank Aaron hits 500th homer
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hank-aaron-hits-500th-homer
1986 – “Father of Streamlining” Raymond Loewy dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/father-of-streamlining-raymond-loewy-dies
1995 – A revolutionary new technology is christened “MP3″
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-revolutionary-new-technology-is-christened-mp3