1907 – First taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen.
1914 – Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the first bus line in the United States, in Minnesota.
1919 – American thoroughbred racehorse Man o’ War’s only defeat in 21 career starts as Upset wins the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
1923 – US Steel Corp initiates 8-hour work day.
1932 – New York Yankees hurler Red Ruffing becomes first Major League Baseball pitcher since 1906 to hit an extra-inning, game-winning home run in a 1-0 win over the Senators in Washington.
1942 – The “Manhattan Project” commences, under the direction of General Leslie Groves, with its aim to deliver an atomic bomb.
1948 – The United States successfully defends its Olympic basketball title with a 65-21 win over France at the London Games.
1953 – President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee.
1956 – Elvis Presley releases music single “Don’t Be Cruel.”
1963 – Warren Spahn sets left-handed strikeout mark at 2,382.
1969 – Temporary commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for a 7-year term as Major League Baseball commissioner by unanimous vote.
1977 – First test glide of the Space Shuttle.
1981 – Last broadcast of “The Waltons” on CBS-TV.
1987 – Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24-feet, 51/2-inch long jump.
1989 – Space Shuttle STS-28 lands.
1993 – US Court of Appeals rules Congress must save all email.
2004 – 28th Olympic Games opens in Athens, Greece.
2013 – “Crash My Party,” the fourth studio album by Luke Bryan, is released. It wins Billboard Album of the Year for 2014.
2016 – American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at the Rio Olympics as part of the winning 4×100 medley relay, his record 23rd gold medal.
2019 – Measles cases have tripled worldwide in 2019, according to the World Health Organization, with 365,808 reported compared to 129,239 in 2018.
2019 – Entertainment companies CBS and Viacom announce they will merge with a combined $28 billion in revenue.
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