1788 – NY City becomes 1st capital of US.
1789 – 1st loan to US government (from NYC banks)
1849 – 1st US prize fight fatality (Tom McCoy)
1932 – NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant.
1934 – Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000.
1944 – 30th infantry division of US 1st Army frees Margraten.
1948 – Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
1956 – IBM introduces the RAMAC 305, 1st commercial computer with a hard drive that uses magnetic disk storage, weighs over a ton.
1958 – Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times.
1961 – “Car 54 Where are You?” premieres on TV.
1961 – Unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 launched into Earth orbit.
1965 – Today’s Show 1st totally color broadcast.
1969 – “Scooby-Doo Where are You” by Hanna-Barbera debuts on CBS in the US.
1973 – ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics.
1977 – General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
1983 – Oakland’s Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season.
1997 – Carolina Hurricane’s 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1.
2001 – Relative calm returns to world oil markets as US retail gasoline prices return to normal levels; energy trading by Houston energy companies resumes and limited commercial aviation starts.
2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
2015 – Governor of California Jerry Brown declares a State of Emergency after wildfires devastate Lake and Napa counties.