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.
1869—1st carload of freight (boots & shoes) arrives in San Francisco, from Boston.
1889—1st ship-to-shore wireless message received in US (SF)
1904—Automobile tire chain patented.
1919—“Gasoline Alley” cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune.
1924—Mars’s closest approach to Earth since 10th century.
1936—17 year old Bob Feller’s 1st game, he strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns.
1942—World War II: The last cavalry charge in history takes place at Izbushensky.
1947—US President Truman’s daughter, Margaret’s 1st public singing concert.
1958—Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours.
1963—Ringo admits he wrote a song “Don’t Pass Me By”
1968—Ringo quits Beatles over a disagreement, temporarily.
1972—Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley.
1982—Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter.
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.
1990—US begins call up of 46,000 reservists to the Persian Gulf.
1993—NY Dow Jones index reaches 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.
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