1860 – US’s 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada)
1885 – $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty.
1909 – SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC.
1919 – Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curley Lambeau – named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1934 – 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
1943 – US amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily.
1945 – Allies refuse Japan’s offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status.
1950 – Hitting just .279, Yankee great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time.
1951 – 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois.
1956 – 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620.
1963 – Kingston Trio are mystery guest on “What’s My Line?”
1966 – Last Beatle concert tour of US begins.
1970 – Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues.
1972 – “Cheech & Chong Day” in San Antonio, Texas.
1974 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Tanglewood Park: Lee Trevino wins the first of his 2 PGA Championships, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nichlaus.
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.
2008 – The US 4 X 100m freestyle replay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones & Jason Lezak beats France by 8 seconds to win gold and smash world record at the Beijing Olympics.
2015 – Largest ever outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York – 12 dead, with over 100 cases in the South Bronx.
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