1777 – New York adopts new constitution as an independent state.
1894 – 136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increases.
1912 – Fenway Park in Boston officially opens, Red Sox beat NY Highlanders, 7-6 in 11.
1920 – Tornadoes kill 219 in Alabama & Mississippi.
1926 – 1st check sent by radio facsimile transmission across Atlantic.
1935 – “Your Hit Parade” begins broadcasting (becomes #1 quickly)
1940 – 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa.
1945 – US 7th army captured German city of Nuremberg.
1946 – 1st baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs.
1953 – 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51.
1957 – Yankee Bill Skowron becomes 3rd player to hit a ball out of Fenway.
1967 – NY Met Tom Seaver’s 1st victory, beats Cubs, 6-1.
1967 – US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon.
1971 – Barbra Streisand records “We’ve Only Just Begun”
1971 – US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation.
1982 – Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season.
1983 – President Reagan signs a $165B bail out of Social Security.
1992 – Madonna signs $60-million deal with Time Warner.
2008 – Danica Patrick driving for Andretti Green Racing wins the Indy 300 at Twin Ring Motegi; first female driver in history to win an IndyCar Series race.
2018 – Actress Allison Mack arrested on charges of sex trafficking in relation to sex cult NXIVM in New York.
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