1781 – George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis.
1865 – President Andrew Johnson proclaims an end to “insurrection” in Texas.
1896 – Dial telephone patented.
1908 – American’s Great White Fleet arrives in Sydney, Australia, to be greeted with a tremendous welcome; 221 American sailors desert to remain in Australia.
1920 – Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League.
1930 – Dumont’s 1s TV broadcast for home reception (NYC)
1944 – US & British forces destroy German 7th Army at Falaise-Argentan Gap.
1956 – Republicans convene at Cow Palace.
1964 – US President Lyndon Johnson B. Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act, an anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion.
1967 – Alvin Dark (52-69) is fired, rehired, & fired again as manager of A’s.
1971 – FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr.
1974 – Nelson Rockefeller is selected as US Vice President by President Gerald Ford.
1977 – NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune.
1982 – US marines land in Beirut Lebanon.
1986 – Postal worker Patrick Sherrill shot 14 fellow workers dead in Edmond, Oklahoma.
1989 – Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22)
1995 – Indians’ Jose Mesa sets record with his 37th consecutive save.
1998 – U.S. embassy bombings: US military launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaida camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical plant in Sudan in retaliation for August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
2015 – 30 students at West Point Military Academy are injured in a mass pillow fight.
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