1753 – George Washington becomes a master mason.
1790 – US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service.
1821 – 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (published until 1969).
1862 – US government collects its 1st income tax.
1914 – US declares neutrality on the outbreak of WWI.
1925 – US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation.
1945 – Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1948 – 5 day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining America’s poll tax.
1955 – President Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters.
1956 – Elvis Presley releases “Hound Dog”.
1958 – Dumont TV Network crumbles.
1968 – 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California.
1972 – Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Governor George Wallace.
1977 – US President Carter establishes Department of Energy.
1983 – Danielle Steel’s romance novel “Thurston House” is published.
1985 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances.
1994 – Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway.
1996 – 26th Olympic games closes at Atlanta, Georgia.
2009 – Kim Jong-iI meets former President Bill Clinton. He pardons and releases captured American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were found guilty of entering the country illegally.
2015 – Robert Downey, Jr. named the world’s highest paid actor by Forbes Magazine (earning $80M). 4 non-Hollywood actors make the top 10.