1844—Brigham Young chosen Mormon Church head following the death of Joseph Smith.
1854—Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges.
1876—Thomas Edison patents mimeograph.
1911—The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
1937—Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power.
1942—6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in US executed in Washington, DC.
1950—Florence Chadwick swims English Channel (13:23)
1955—Fidel Castro forms “July 26th Movement”
1960—“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polk-a-dot Bikini” hits #1 on pop charts.
1961—Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ.
1963—Kingsmen release “Louie, Louie”, radio stations labeled it obscene.
1968—Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Richard Nixon for president.
1973—US vice-president Spiro T. Agnew says reports he took kickbacks are “damned lies” from government contracts in Maryland. Vowed not to resign.
1983—Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV. (Later overturned)
1988—9th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player.
1990—Pete Rose begins 5 month prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp.
2004—John Elway inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
2013—4 people are killed and 4 are wounded in a shooting spree in Dallas, Texas.
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