1884 – First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, South Dakota.
1907 – United Parcel Service was founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.
1921 – Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games.
1922 – WEAF in New York City aired 1st radio commercial (Queensboro Realty-$100 for 10 minutes).
1939 – Journalist Clare Hollingworth observes the ‘large numbers of troops, literally hundreds of tanks, armored cars and field guns’ Germany had aligned along the Polish border. Three days later, Hitler invades Poland and WWII begins.
1946 – Film noir “The Killers” premieres, directed by Robert Stodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, based on a story by Ernest Hemingway.
1950 – Earle & Roy Mack purchase 54% of the Philadelphia A’s from Connie Mack Jr.
1957 – Senator Strom Thurmond (R-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, D.C.
1972 – The US dollar is allowed to float against the Japanese yen for the first time.
1973 – Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s song “Monster Mash” goes gold.
1977 – Nolan Ryan strikes out 300 batters for 5th straight year.
1981 – John Hinckley pleads innocent to attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.
1983 – Revival of Jerry Herman’s musical “Mame”, starring Angela Lansbury, closes at the George Gershwin Theater in New York City after 41 performances.
1990 – F5 strength tornado hits Plainfield, Illinois, killing 29 and injuring 353.
1994 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), Ottawa Hunt CC: Martha Nause wins by 1 from Michelle McGann.
2004 – The US women’s basketball team goes through the Athens Olympics undefeated to win its 5th Olympic Gold medal, beating Australia 74-63 in the final.
2012 – Mitt Romney is officially nominated as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
2017 – Matt Vogel makes his debut as the voice of Kermit the Frog in “Muppet Thought of the Week” video.
2022 – A 1952 Mickey Mantle baseball card sells for $12.6 million at auction, becoming the world’s most expensive piece of sporting memorabilia.
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