1635 – 1st recorded north American hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony.
1848 – M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair.
1893 – US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea.
1906 – 1st freight deliver tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago.
1911 – Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.
1914 – Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1923 – Mexico & US reach accord over oil concession of 1917.
1944 – US 7th Armour division reaches Chartres.
1945 – US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends.
1945 – Victory over Japan Day, the Japanese surrender and the end of WWII is announced in Japan (due to time zones 14th August in the Americas)
1946 – Dumont TV Network (WABD NY) is launched in the US.
1955 – Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland.
1971 – US President Richard Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents.
1978 – US House of Representatives approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA.
1979 – Andrew Young resigns as US ambassador to the United Nations.
1988 – NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments.
1991 – 750,000 attend Paul Simon’s free concert in Central Park.
1993 – Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte.
1997 – Dow Jones drops 247.37 points.
2017 – Barack Obama’s tweet “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…”in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most-liked tweet ever.