1635 – 1st recorded US hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony.
1858 – Regular mail to Pacific coast begins.
1870 – Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado.
1911 – Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.
1914 – Panama Canal opens (under cost)
1918 – 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1939 – “The Wizard of Oz”, premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater, Hollywood, starring Judy Garland (Dorothy), Ray Bolger (Scarecrow), Jack Haley (Tin Man), Bert Lahr (Cowardly Lion), Frank Morgan (Wizard), Billie Burke (Glinda), Margaret Hamilton (Wicked Witch).
1945 – US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends.
1945 – Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually.
1955 – Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland.
1964 – Mayor Daley declares “Ernie Banks Day” in Chicago.
1964 – Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27′ 31/2″.
1971 – US President Richard Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents.
1979 – “Apocalypse Now”, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen, is released.
1986 – President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger.
1988 – “Ain’t Misbehavin” opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 performances.
1990 – 51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player wins.
1997 – Dow Jones drops 247.37 points.
2005 – 87th PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson shoots a 276 at Baltusrol Golf Club.
2012 – Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez becomes 23rd pitcher to throw a perfect game (1-0 vs Tampa Bay)
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