1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada)
1874 – Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head.
1885 – $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty.
1896 – Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain.
1909 – SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC.
1914 – John Bray patents animation.
1924 – 1st newsreel pictures of US presidential candidates were taken.
1934 – 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
1950 – Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 7-0.
1950 – Ethel Rosenberg testifies before grand jury on allegations of spying for the Soviet Union.
1963 – Kingston Trio are mystery guest on “What’s My Line?”
1969 – Don Drysdale, LA Dodger pitcher, retires because of damage to his right shoulder.
1971 – Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome.
1972 – “Cheech & Chong Day” in San Antonio, Texas.
1975 – US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN.
1978 – Legionnaire’s disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta.
1984 – During a radio voice test, US President Reagan jokes he “signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes”.
1991 – Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start.
2015 – Largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York – 12 dead, with over 100 cases in the South Bronx.