1776 – George Washington receives honorary LI.D. degree from Harvard University.
1848 – Thomas Douglas becomes 1st San Francisco public teacher.
1860 – Pony Express began between St. Joseph, Missouri & Sacramento, California.
1882 – American outlaw Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford at home in St. Joseph.
1918 – US House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler.
1933 – 1st airplane flight over Mt. Everest.
1944 – US Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) “white primaries” unconstitutional.
1947 – “Barefoot Boy with Cheek” opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances.
1948 – US President Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1956 – “Silk Stockings” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 461 performances.
1958 – Fidel Castro’s rebel attached Havana.
1968 – North Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks.
1973 – The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, USA.
1978 – Larry King moves his radio show from Miami to Washington, D.C.
1986 – US national debt hits $2,000,000,000,000.
1987 – Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talledega.
1992 – 1st exhibition game at Camden Field – Orioles beat NY Mets.
1994 – 6th Senior Golf Tradition: Ray Floyd
1994 – 13th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: NC 60, Louisiana Tech 59.
2012 – US President Barack Obama officially secures Democratic presidential nomination.
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