1498 – Christopher Columbus departs with 6 ships for 3rd trip to America.
1806 – Future US President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy.
1821 – James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose.
1848 – William G. Young patents ice cream freezer.
1879 – Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden.
1908 – 1st federal workmen’s compensation law approved.
1922 – Completed Lincoln Memorial dedicated by US Chief Justice William H. Taft in front of 50,000.
1933 – Patent on invisible glass installation.
1942 – Satchel Paige pitches 5 innings to defeat Dizzy Dean All-Stars, 8-1.
1942 – US aircraft carrier Yorktown leaves Pearl Harbor.
1946 – United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY), 42 die.
1958 – Unidentified soldiers killed in WW II & Korean War buried in Arlington.
1965 – Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins.
1967 – Robert “Evel” Knievel’s motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles in Gardena, California.
1971 – US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched.
1990 – Dow Jones average hits a record 2,878.56.
1991 – Supreme Court rules prosecutors can be sued for legal advice they give police & can be held accountable.
1996 – 69th National Spelling Bee: Wendy Guey wins spelling vivisepulture.
1997 – Betty Shabazz, widow of Malcom X, set on fire by 12-year old grandson.
2017 – South Korean President Moon Jae-in orders a probe into additional launchers for the U.S. THAAD anti-missile system.
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