1852 – Steamer “Atlantic” crossing Lake Erie from Buffalo to Detroit collided with a fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard.
1889 – William Gray patents coin-operated telephone.
1907 – 1st taxicabs operate in New York City, imported by Harry N. Allen.
1914 – Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota.
1929 – US Steel Corp initiates 8-hour work day.
1935 – Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum).
1944 – Jackie Gleason-Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio.
1950 – US President Harry Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime of Bao-dai.
1959 – US Military satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit).
1967 – “Bonnie & Clyde”, directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, is released.
1971 – Paul & Linda McCartney release “Back Seat of My Car”
1981 – Last broadcast of “The Waltons” on CBS-TV.
1988 – Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games.
1989 – 71st PGA Championship: Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes GC, III.
1993 – Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24.
1993 – US Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail.
1996 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0.
2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2015 – Swedish Prosecutors announce they are dropping allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion.
2016 – American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at Rio Olympics winning 4×100 medley relay, his 23rd Gold medal, as world’s most decorated Olympian.
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