1753 – George Washington becomes a master mason.
1790 – US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service.
1821 – 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969).
1854 – Plans for city of Chicago laid out.
1862 – US government collects its 1st income tax.
1914 – US declares neutrality on the outbreak of WWI.
1922 – Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team.
1945 – Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1948 – 5-day Southern States filibuster succeeds in maintaining American’s poll tax.
1955 – President Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters.
1956 – Elvis Presley releases “Hound Dog”
1968 – 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California.
1969 – Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium.
1972 – Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Governor Wallace.
1977 – US President Carter establishes Department of Energy.
1984 – Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics.
1985 – “Dreamgirls” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances.
1994 – Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway.
2007 – NASA’s Phoenix spaceship is launched.
2015 – Robert Downey, Jr. named the world’s highest paid actor by Forbes Magazine (earning $80 mil). 4 non-Hollywood actors make the top 10.
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