1820—1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC.1848—Oregon Territory created.
1862—Abraham Lincoln receives the 1st group of African Americans to confer with a US president.
1873—“Field and Stream” begins publishing.
1876—Prairie View State University forms.
1911—United States Senate leaders begin to rotate the office of President pro tempore (for the time being) of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye’s death.
1912—2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925.
1922—1st “old time” musicians broadcast on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
1932—10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes.
1932—Social Security Act becomes law.
1939—1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)
1947—Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000.
1962—US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million.
1965—Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” hits #1.
1974—Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold.
1980—Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale.
1984—IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0.
1990—Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise.
1993—Reggie Jackson Day – NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44).
1997—Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death.
2011—93rd PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley shoots a 272 at Atlanta Athletic Club.
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