1774 – Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY.
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1861 – US Congress passes First Constitution Act.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes first person to be executed by electric chair.
1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1921 – Clason Point, Bronx to College Point, Queens muni ferry system begins.
1930 – Supreme Court Justice John Force disappears in NYC.
1937 – US & USSR sign trade treaty.
1939 – 1st broadcast of “Dinah Shore Show” on NBC-radio.
1948 – Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics.
1952 – Satchel Paige, 47, becomes oldest pitcher to win a complete shutout.
1961 – 1st case of motion sickness in space reported.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities.
1972 – Hank Aaron hits 660th and 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)
1982 – WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1995 – “Damn Yankees” closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 501 performances.
1997 – Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computers, Inc.
2011 – A helicopter containing members of Navy Seal 6 is shot down in Afghanistan killing 38.
2015 – Comedian Jon Stewart hosts “The Daily Show” for the last time.
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