1775—United States Post Office (USPO) created in Philadelphia under Benjamin Franklin.
1788—New York becomes 11th state to ratify constitution.
1790—US passes Assumption bill making US responsible for state debts.
1835—1st sugar cane plantation started in Hawaii.
1903—1st automobile trip across the United States (SF-NY) completed by Horatio Nelson and Sewall K. Crocker.
1908—United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
1917—J. Edgar Hoover gets job in US Department of Justice.
1926—National Bar Association incorporates.
1933—Joe DiMaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League.
1945—Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the Japanese surrender during WWII.
1955—37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC, Detroit.
1962—Milwaukee Brave Warren Spahn sets HR record of 31 for a pitcher.
1964—US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud.
1981—NY Mayor Ed Koch is given Heimlich maneuver in a Chinese restaurant.
1984—Expos Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with his 3,052nd single.
1987—Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams & Ray Dandridge inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame.
1990—General Hospital records its 7,000th episode.
1990—President Bush signs Americans with Disabilities Act.
1991—Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater.
2005—Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA’s first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
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