1780 – British decisively defeat Americans in Battle of Camden, SC.
1870 – Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn’t an optical illusion.
1898 – Edwin Prescott patents roller coaster.
1904 – NYC begins building Grand Central Station.
1922 – AT&T radio station WBAY becomes WEAF (NYC).
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
1944 – US 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux.
1947 – Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs.
1954 – “Sports Illustrated” magazine begins publishing.
1962 – Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best as Beatles’ drummer.
1970 – 52nd PGA Championship: Dave Stockton shoots 279 at Southern Hills, OK.
1975 – “Rodgers & Hart” closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 108 performances.
1984 – LA federal jury acquits auto maker John Z. DeLorean on cocaine charges.
1987 – Northwest Airlines 255 land crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives).
1988 – Mayor Koch says he plans to wipe out street-corner windshields washers.
1991 – US President George H.W. Bush declares recession is near an end.
1998 – 80th PGA Championship: Vijay Singh shoots a 271 at Sahalee Country Club.
2009 – 12th World Championships in Athletics: Usain Bolt wins 100m.
2015 – 97th PGA Championship: Jason Day wins setting major championship record of 20-under-par at Whistling Straits in Kohler.
2016 – Wildfire breaks out in San Bernardino County, California, engulfing 15,000 acres, prompting evacuation of 82,000 people.
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