1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blind.
1897 – Oldsmobile first manufactured by Olds Motor Vehicle Co. in Lansing, Michigan.
1915 – Italy declares war on Turkey in World War One.
1929 – Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town.
1942 – Walt Disney’s animated movie “Bambi”, based on the book by Felix Salten, is released.
1945 – US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program.
1959 – Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
1965 – Gemini 5 launched int Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1967 – Kansas City utility Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s first free agent when he is abruptly released by the Athletics; calls team owner Charlie Finley “a menace to baseball”
1969 – First Gap clothing store opens in Ocean Avenue, San Francisco.
1976 – “Operation Paul Bunyan” begins in retaliation for the “Korean axe murder incident” 3 days prior. 110 troops, 27 helicopters, 3 B-52 bombers are deployed to the Korean Demilitarized Zone to cut down a poplar blocking the view of UN observers.
1982 – Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300.
1983 – 110 degrees F at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1985 – NY Lotto pays $41 million to three winners (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)
1986 – With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs.
1992 – US Marshals move in on Randy Weaver’s cabin in Ruby Ridge, Idaho to apprehend him on firearms charges; an 11 day stand-off ensues.
1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashes near Carrollton, Georgia, killing 9 crew and passengers.
2007 – Hurricane Dean makes its first landfall in Costa Maya, Mexico with winds at 165 mph. Dean is the first storm since Hurricane Andrew to make landfall as a Category 5.
2017 – Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417m to woman who developed ovarian cancer after using their talc-based products.
2018 – Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer, pleads guilty to charges including illegal payment at direction of Trump to women Trump had affairs with.
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