1590—John White returns to Roanoke, NC to find no trace of colonist he left there 3 years earlier (or August 18, 1591)
1788—Losantville, Ohio (now Cincinnati) founded.
1807—Robert Fulton’s steamboat Clermont begins 1st trip up Hudson River.
1846—US fleet officer Robert F. Stockton annexes California.
1858—1st bank in Hawaii opens.
1859—1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette, Indiana.
1891—Electric self-starter for automobile patented.
1915—Hurricane strikes Galveston, TX (275 killed)
1939—“Wizard of Oz” opens at Loew’s Capitol Theater in NY.
1942—US bombers 8th Air Force stage 1st independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France.
1948—Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent.
1955—Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage.
1960—Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow.
1966—Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit.
1972—Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game.
1987—Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)
1998—Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about his relationship.
2003—85th PGA Championship: Shaun Micheel shoots a 276 at Oak Hill Country Club.
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