1729 – North Carolina becomes a royal colony.
1854 – Walter Hunt is awarded the first U.S. patent for a paper shirt collar.
1866 – David Faragut appointed as 1st admiral in US Navy.
1866 – Ulysses S. Grant names 1st General of Army.
1871 – Carousel patented by Wilhelm Schneider, Davenport, Iowa.
1918 – Annette Adams sworn in as 1st woman district attorney of US, California.
1926 – 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx.
1941 – FDR bans selling benzene/gasoline to Japan.
1944 – Operation Cobra: US forces begin major offensive in Normandy with air bombardment.
1946 – At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
1952 – Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing US commonwealth (Constitution Day)
1961 – Roger Maris hits home runs 37, 38, 39 & 40 in a doubleheader.
1961 – In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
1969 – Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne.
1970 – “(They Long to Be) Close to You” sung by the Carpenters reaches #1.
1978 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games.
1991 – Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use.
1997 – QB Brett Farve, re-signs with Green Bay Packers for $50M for 7 years.
2014 – Both Israel and Hamas review US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposal for an immediate ceasefire and meetings in Cairo.
2016 – Verizon announces $4.83 billion purchase of Yahoo.
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