1862 – Abraham Lincoln receives the first group of African Americans to confer with a US president.
1873 – “Field 7 Stream” begins publishing.
1903 – James J. Jeffries KOs James J. Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title.
1912 – 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925.
1922 – 1st “old time” musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
1932 – Philips makes 1 millionth radio.
1935 – Social Security Act becomes law.
1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
1937 – Appalachian Trail is formally completed, traversing 2,000 miles and 14 US States, Georgia to Maine.
1947 – Golfer Babe Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000.
1959 – American Football League (AFL) organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston.
1962 – US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass. robbed of more than $1.5 million.
1965 – Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show.
1965 – Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” hits #1.
1974 – Congress authorizes US citizens to won gold.
1982 – Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bats sets record (passes Aaron)
1990 – Denver votes for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise.
1997 – Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death by Oklahoma Court of Appeals.
2011 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Atlanta Athletic Club: Keegan Bradley wins first major title by 1 stroke in 3-hole aggregate playoff with fellow American Jason Dufner.
2017 – US President Donald Trump condemns racist violence at the White House after criticism of this earlier response to Charlottesville violence.
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