1676 – Nathaniel Bacon publishes “Declaration of People of Virginia”
1860 – American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, NY.
1863 – Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens.
1882 – Congress passes 1st law restricting immigration.
1900 – Firestone Tire & Rubber Company founded.
1921 – 1st aerial cropdusting (Troy, Ohio to kill caterpillars)
1923 – VP Calvin Coolidge becomes 30th US President upon death of President Warren G. Harding.
1941 – Gas (petroleum) sales limited in US.
1953 – Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show.
1963 – Allan Sherman releases “Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda”
1974 – “Little Night Music” closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances.
1977 – Radio Shack issues a press release introducing TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered.
1982 – Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager.
1984 – 365.7 million shares traded on NY Stock Exchange.
1987 – Twins pitcher Joe Niekro is caught with a file on the mound & is ejected.
1990 – US announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions.
1996 – US General William F. Garrison accepts responsibility for outcome of the 1993 raid in Somalia, and retires from military service.
1997 – Phil Mickelson wins golf’s Sprint International.
2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
2015 – US President Obama unveils his Clean Power Plan to cut greenhouse gases.
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