1803 – 1st horses arrive in Hawaii.
1831 – 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
1842 – US-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty.
1848 – US Barnburners (anti-slavery) party merges with Free Soil Party nominating Martin Van Buren for president.
1859 – Otis Tuft patents the first passenger elevator in the US.
1905 – Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb’s mother kills him.
1910 – Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine.
1918 – Reds manager Christy Mathewson suspects Hal Chase of taking bribes to fix baseball games, and suspends him “for indifferent play”
1923 – NY State Golf Association formed.
1941 – Winston Churchill reaches Newfoundland for talks with FDR.
1944 – Smokey Bear debuts as spokesman for fire prevention.
1956 – 1st state-wide state-supported educational TV network, Alabama.
1961 – James B. Parsons is 1st black appointed to Federal District Court.
1970 – Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes.
1974 – Richard Nixon resigns US presidency, VP Gerald Ford swears oath of office to become 38th US president.
1981 – 63rd PGA Championship: Larry Nelson shoots a 273 at Atlanta AC, Ga.
1988 – Just 1 day after 8/8/88 NY’s daily number is 888.
1994 – Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night.
2001 – US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
2012 – Usain Bolt becomes the first person to win the 100m and 200m sprint in back to back Olympics.
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