1784 – Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state & name it Franklin; a year later the Continental Congress rejects it.
1796 – African Methodist Episcopal Church incorporated.
1850 – 1st US National Women’s Rights Convention convenes in Worchester, Massachusetts.
1869 – 1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston.
1904 – Automobile tire chain patented.
1919 – “Gasoline Alley” cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune.
1926 – 40th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (4-6 6-4,9-7).
1931 – Philadelphia A’s Lefty Grove, loses 1-0 (Browns) after winning 16 straight.
1942 – 1st US flights to land on Guadalcanal.
1947 – US President Truman’s daughter, Margaret’s 1st public singing concert.
1954 – First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
1968 – Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement temporarily.
1972 – Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) re-nominates VP Agnew, (but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley).
1973 – Intelsat communications satellite launched.
1980 – Charlie Finley sells Oakland A’s for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss)
1985 – Paul Hornung awarded $1,160,000 by a Louisville court against NCAA who barred him as a college football analyst for betting on games.
1993 – NY Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points.
1996 – Osama bin Laden issues message entitled ‘A declaration of war against the Americans occupying the land of the two holy places.’
2005 – Hurricane Katrina first forms over the Bahamas, later becoming a category 5 hurricane.
2015 – English Indycar driver Justin Wilson suffers a head injury during a race crash at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.
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