1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress.
1820 – Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.
1870 – U.S. Congress creates federal holidays (New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day), initially applicable only to federal employees.
1894 – Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees.
1902 – US buys concession to build Panama Canal from French for $40 million.
1935 – FDR orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
1950 – North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War.
1954 – 111 degrees F at Camden, South Carolina (state record)
1956 – 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates (Chicago, Illinois)
1957 – Cincinnati Reds’ fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters.
1965 – 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 – Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers.
1973 – Lawsuit in Detroit challenges Little League’s “no girls” rule.
1976 – 1st female admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1979 – OPEC raises oil prices 24%.
1997 – TV evangelist Robert Schuller attacks a flight attendant.
2015 – David Sweat shot and captured near Canadian border, 2nd prisoner to escape maximum-security Clinton Correction Facility June 6.
2017 – Wilshire Grand Center becomes the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1,100 ft.
2018 – Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine.