1796 – First elephant arrives in the United States from India.
1865 – Raleigh, North Carolina, captured by Union forces.
1911 – The US House of Representatives votes to institute direct elections of senators to Congress, a step forwards direct democracy.
1920 – First woman Civil Services Commissioner, Helen Hamilton, appointed.
1926 – At 38, Walter Johnson pitches his seventh opening day shutout.
1934 – 4.7 million families in the United States report receiving welfare payments.
1943 – President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson.
1946 – Eddie Klepp, a white pitcher signed by defending Negro League champion Cleveland Buckeyes, is barred from the field in Birmingham, Alabama.
1957 – Saturday postal delivery is temporarily halted due to lack of funds.
1963 – Pete Rose triples for his first major league base hit.
1966 – Pan Am places $525 million order for 25 Boeing 747s.
1972 – First baseball players strike ends after 13 days.
1980 – United States and its allies boycott the Summer Olympics in Moscow in protest against Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan.
1986 – Boston Celtics end season with a 40-1 home win record.
1992 – Crystal Pepsi begins test marketing in Sacramento, Providence, Denver, Dallas and Grand Rapids.
1997 – National Hockey League’s Mario Lemieux of the Pittsburgh Penguins plays his last regular season game.
2006 – Powerful tornadoes rip through Iowa City, Iowa.
2015 – “Avengers: Age of Union,” directed by Joss Whedon, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner, premieres in Los Angeles, California.
2019 – World’s largest airplane by wingspan at 385 feet, the Stratolaunch, built as a flying launch pad for satellites, takes its first flight from Mojave, California.
2023 – FBI arrests a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard for leaking classified documents, including national security secrets, on an online gaming chat group.
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