1608 – John Smith’s story of Jamestown’s first days submitted for publication.
1852 – Steamer “Atlantic” crossing Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit collided with a fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard.
1889 – William Gray patents coin-operated telephone.
1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen.
1914 – Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota.
1919 – Man o’War’s only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
1923 – US Steel Corp initiates 8-hour work day.
1935 – Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
1944 – Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio.
1959 – US Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)
1963 – Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382.
1977 – 1st test glide of space shuttle.
1979 – Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits.
1981 – Last broadcast of “The Waltons” on CBS-TV.
1989 – 71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes, GC III.
1989 – US space shuttle STS-28 lands.
1993 – US Court of Appeals rules Congress must save all E-Mail.
1996 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0.
2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2015 – Swedish Prosecutors announce they are dropping charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion.