1841—John Hampton patents Venetian blinds.
1858—1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1864—Battle of Summit Point, Va.
1878—American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY.
1888—William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine.
1897—Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division.
1901—Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching and spitting on an umpire.
1929—Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town.
1945—US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program.
1953—Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) and Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation.
1959—Hawaii becomes 50th US state.
1965—The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St. Paul, to become NWA champ.
1967—Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s 1st free agent.
1975—US lightens trade embargo against Cuba.
1983—“La Cage aux Folles” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances.
1983—110 degrees at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1987—Clayton Lonetree, 1st US marine court-martialed for spying, convicted.
1993—NASA loses contact with Mars Observer.
1995—US marshals move in on Randy Weaver’s cabin in Idaho.
1996—Netscape Browser 3.0 is released.
1997—US government forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out.
2017—Next total solar eclipse visible from North America.
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