1682 – Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn.
1814 – British forces capture Washington, DC and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812).
1853 – 1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum at Moon’s Lake House, near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invented though earlier recipes exist).
1891 – Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.
1893 – Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die.
1912 – NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US Olympians.
1932 – 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart.
1949 – North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect.
1956 – 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Washington, DC.
1959 – Hiram L. Fong sworn in as 1st Chinese-American senator while Daniel K. Inouye sworn in as 1st Japanese-American Representative (Both from Hawaii).
1963 – John Pennel is first person to pole-vault 17′.
1969 – Carol Mann wins LPGA Tournament of Champs Golf Tournament.
1983 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745.
1984 – Pat Bradley set LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 at Denver.
1989 – Peter Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.
1992 – Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die.
1995 – Microsoft debuts Windows 95.
1997 – Greg Norman wins World Series of Golf shooting 273.
2006 – After signing a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers, Jerry Rice officially retires from the NFL.
2011 – Tim Cook succeeds Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple Inc., due to Jobs illness.
2015 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces that for the first time 1 billion people logged into Facebook.
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