1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” in Colorado.
1918 – Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah’s Wasatch National Park.
1922 – Cardinals enter first place in the National League, marking the first time both St. Louis baseball teams are on top with the Browns leading the American League.
1926 – A state-record 108 degrees in Troy, New York.
1933 – Wiley Post completes the first solo flight around the world in 7 days and 19 hours.
1939 – Jane Bolin becomes the first African-American female judge in New York.
1942 – Gasoline rationing using coupons begins in the United States because of World War II.
1954 – US Virgin Islands adopt constitution known as the Revised Organic Act.
1955 – Richard Nixon becomes the first vice president to preside over a cabinet meeting.
1960 – Cuba nationalized all United States-owned sugar factories.
1967 – Atlanta Braves establish Major League Baseball record for number of pitchers called upon in one inning with five used in the ninth inning of 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
1975 – House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
1986 – House of Representatives impeach Judge Harry E. Claiborne for tax evasion.
1990 – 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson.
1995 – Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina.
1997 – Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches.
2003 – Members of 101st Airborne, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Mosul, Iraq, killing Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein, sons of Saddam Hussein, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year-old son, and a bodyguard.
2014 – European Union claims that Israel “has the right to defend itself,” but says civilian casualties in Gaza are unacceptable.
2017 – 10 people die in an overheated tractor in San Antonio, Texas in a human trafficking incident.
2019 – President Donald Trump says the United States could win the war in Afghanistan in a week. “I just don’t want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth.”
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