1718 – Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana: New Orleans founded.
1829 – President Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican government refuses.
1910 – Yellow Cab is founded.
1916 – US Department of Interior forms National Park Service.
1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain, a civil uprising in Logan County, West Virginia.
1932 – Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight.
1943 – US forces overrun New Georgia in Solomon Islands during WWII.
1946 – 28th PGA Championship: Ben Hogan at Portland GC, Portland, Ore.
1950 – US President Harry Truman orders army to take control of railroad to avert a strike.
1956 – To make room for Enos Slaughter, NY Yanks release Phil Rizzuto.
1967 – Minnesota Twin, Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1.
1968 – Arthur Ashe becomes 1st African American to win the US singles championship.
1977 – Canadian NHL player Tim Horton posthumously inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame.
1980 – Gower Champion’s musical “42nd Street” opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 3486 performances.
1983 – US & USSR sign $10 billion grain pact.
1987 – Dow Jones industrial stock average reaches record 2722.42.
1991 – Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds.
1996 – Laura Davies wins Star Bank LPGA Golf Classic.
2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft, becomes the 1st spacecraft to enter interstellar space (launched in 1977).
2013 – 30th MTV Video Music Awards: Justin Timberlake, Taylor Swift & Bruno Mars win.
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