1821 – 1st editions of American magazine “The Saturday Evening Post”
1862 – Government collects its 1st income tax.
1910 – Major League Baseball pitching duel; Philadelphia A’s Jack Coombs and Chicago White Sox’ Ed Walsh pitch a 0-0 tie in 16 innings.
1925 – US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation.
1936 – American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Lu Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.
1942 – 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen, Belgium to Auschwitz.
1945 – American golfer Byron Nelson wins Canadian Open at Uplands & Thornhill CC with a record 11th consecutive PGA victory, on way to record season tally of 18.
1952 – Gambling boss Theodore Roe is murdered by the crew of Sam Giancana.
1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the 1st time, with “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson at #1.
1971 – United States launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft.
1977 – President Jimmy Carter establishes Department of Energy.
1980 – 7-time All Star Maury Wills becomes only the 3rd black manager in Major League Baseball history when Darrell Johnson is fired by Seattle Mariners after a 9 game losing streak.
1985 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Imperial Theater in New York City after 1522 performances.
1993 – Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits in 11-10 win against the San Francisco Giants, 4th time this season the San Diego Padre has 5 or more hits; ties Major League Baseball record.
1996 – XXVI Summer Olympic Games close in Atlanta, Georgia.
2005 – American Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day (52) announces his retirement from the saddle; $298 million in career purses.
2009 – Kim Jong-ll meets former President Bill Clinton. He pardons and releases captured American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling who were found guilty of entering the country illegally.
2012 – Golden double for United States at London Olympic tennis as Serena Williams destroys Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 in women’s singles; Bob and Mike Bryan win men’s doubles beating French pair Michael Llodra & J-Wilfred Tsonga 6-4 7-6.
2020 – United Nations says COVID-19 pandemic has created the biggest educational disruption in history affecting nearly 16 million students in 190 countries, 94% worldwide.
2022 – Infowars conspiracy theorists Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to parents of children killed in Sandy Hook massacre after Jones claimed it was a hoax.
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