1776—American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.1821—Missouri admitted as 24th US state.
1833—Chicago incorporates as a village of about 200.
1846—US Act of Congress passes establishing the Smithsonian Institution, now world’s largest museum and research complex.
1856—Hurricane washes away 2-300 revelers at Last Island, Louisiana.
1869—O.B. Brown patents moving picture projector.
1889—Dan Rylands patents screw cap.
1893—Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act.
1921—FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Isle of Campobello.
1934—Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player.
1944—US recaptures Guam from Japanese.
1948—Allen Funt’s “Candid Camera” TV debut on ABC.
1950—“Sunset Boulevard”, starring William Holden and Gloria Swanson, premieres at Radio City Music Hall.
1960—Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned 1st object from space.
1970—Jim Morrison is tried in Miami on “lewd & lascivious behavior”
1975—David Frost purchases exclusive right to interview Nixon.
1981—Richard Nixon Museum in San Clemente closes.
1985—Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle song) for $47 million.
1988—UN estimates Asia’s population hits 3 billion.
1997—Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal.
2014—96th PGA Championship: Rory McIlroy shoots a 268 at Valhalla Gold Club.
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