1838 – United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica.
1872 – 1st mail-order catalog issued by A M Ward.
1915 – Braves Field opens in Boston, Braves beat Cards 3-1.
1925 – Belgium and US sign treaty about war debts.
1926 – Weather map televised for 1st time.
1930 – Eastern Airlines begins passenger service.
1938 – FDR dedications Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada.
1943 – Carl Hubbell wins his 253rd & final game, all with Giants.
1944 – US 15th Army Corps reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris.
1949 – Ralph Flanagan & his orchestra records “You’re Breaking My Heart”
1956 – Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” and “Don’t Be Cruel” reach #1 in the charts.
1958 – TV game show scandal investigation starts.
1962 – Peter, Paul & Mary release their first hit “If I Had a Summer”
1973 – Hank Aaron’s record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record.
1980 – KC Royals’ George Brett, hatting average reach .400.
1987 – Ohio health care worker Donald Harvey sentenced to triple life for poisoning 24 patients.
1991 – Hurricane Bob hist NC with 115 MPH wind.
2002 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Hazeltine National GC: American Rich Beem wins his first major title by 1 stroke from Tiger Woods.
2017 – White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon is fired by US President Donald Trump.
2019 – US President Donald Trump confirms he is interested in buying Greenland for the US.
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