1841 – John Hampton patents venetian blind.
1864 – Battle of Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties.
1878 – American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY.
1887 – Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants.
1897 – Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors division.
1914 – 20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC, Ill.
1929 – Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town.
1932 – Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons.
1948 – US President Harry Truman ends Lend-Lease program.
1953 – Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation.
1959 – Hawaii becomes the 50th US State.
1965 – Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts).
1967 – Ken Harrelson becomes baseball’s 1st free agent.
1975 – US lightens trade embargo against Cuba.
1982 – Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get same #300.
1993 – NASA loses contact with Mars Observer.
1995 – US marshals move in on Randy Weaver’s cabin in Idaho.
1995 – Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashes near Carrollton, Georgia, killing 9 crew and passengers.
1996 – Netscape Browser 3.0 is released.
2001 – “How You Remind Me” single is released by Nickleback (named #1 rick song of 2000s by Billboard).
2017 – Total solar eclipse visible from North America.
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