1768 – First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
1866 – Jesse James’ gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)
1873 – P.T. Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts (New York City)
1894 – Daniel Cooper patents time clock.
1905 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” premieres in NYC.
1945 – US government announces end of shoe rationing.
1948 – 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania.
1952 – Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas.
1953 – Dr. Albert Schweitzer & Gen. George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize.
1954 – US Defense Department announces elimination of all racially segregated regiments.
1962 – US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island.
1963 – Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award.
1972 – Worst US rail accident in 14 years, 45 die in Chicago, Illinois.
1973 – Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20 game winner to win Cy Young award.
1974 – Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award winner.
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on the internet.
1996 – Exxon confirms that it is in talks with state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation concerning the application of new technology to convert natural gas to petroleum products.
2017 – President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
2018 – US federal judge blocks President Trump’s ban on transgender people in the military.
2018 – US Pentagon sends 5,200 troops to Mexican border in advance of migrant caravan from Central America.
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