1777 – Flag of the United States flown in battle for the 1st time at Cooch’s Bridge, Delaware, a skirmish during American Revolutionary War.
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1891 – Cotton pickers organize union & stage strike in Texas.
1904 – St. Louis Olympics closes.
1916 – US President Woodrow Wilson signs Adamson Act, providing an 8-hour day on interstate railroads, preventing a national railroad strike.
1925 – The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14, 29 survived.
1929 – Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches all time high of 381.17, to be shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1940 – US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease.
1945 – World War II: Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to the Allies.
1951 – TV soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” debuts on CBS.
1957 – Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out.
1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1967 – Final episode of “What’s My Line?” hosted by John Charles Daly on CBS TV.
1971 – Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg’s doctor’s office.
1977 – Last broadcast of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” on CBS.
1989 – “Into the Woods” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 performances.
1995 – Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23, Carolina-20 OT)
1995 – eBay (Electronic Bay) founded by Pierre Omidyar.
2013 – Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion.
2015 – Kentucky clerk in Rowan County jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
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