1639 – First printing press in America.
1789 – US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights.
1804 – Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, becomes effective.
1878 – British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking.
1911 – Groundbreaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park.
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Colorado, his health never recovers.
1926 – Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week.
1933 – 1st state poorhouse opens in Smyrna, Georgia.
1949 – Evangelist Billy Graham begins his “Los Angeles Crusade” in a circus tent erected in a parking lot.
1957 – 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central High School in Arkansas.
1960 – For the 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch National League pennant.
1965 – 60 year old Satchel Paige of KC A’s pitches 3 scoreless innings.
1973 – 3-man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
1978 – PSA Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die.
1989 – Wade Boggs is 1st to get 200 hits & 100 walks in 4 consecutive session.
1990 – Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience.
1992 – Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents & live with his foster parents, he takes the name Shawn Russ.
2015 – Caitlyn Jenner officially changes her name from Bruce and her gender to a woman.
2017 – Ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months to jail for sexting underage girl.
2018 – US President Donald Trump criticizes Globalism and Iran speaking at the UN General Assembly.
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