1837 – Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufacture Worcestershire Sauce.
1861 – Battle of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina.
1907 – United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
1922 – 1st Walker Cup: US beats England 8-4.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1944 – US air raid on Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies.
1951 – Braves sell pitcher Johnny Sain to the Yankees for $50,000.
1953 – “Me & Juliet” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances.
1957 – US Senator James Thurmond (Rep, SC) begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill.
1963 – Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I have a dream” speech addressing the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom civil rights march at Lincoln Memorial, Washington.
1964 – US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched.
1965 – 1st Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
1970 – “I’ll Be There” single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
1973 – Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s song “Monster Mash” goes gold.
1981 – John Hinckley pleads innocent to attempt to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan.
1986 – US Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying.
1993 – Long Beach California beats Panama for Little League World Championship.
2004 – The US women’s basketball team goes through the Athens Olympics undefeated to take out it’s 5th Olympic gold medal, beating Australia 74-63 in the final.
2018 – Puerto Rico raises official death toll of 2017 Hurricane Maria from 64 to 2,975.
2019 – US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand ends her campaign for president.
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