1861 – President Lincoln signs the first US personal Income Tax into law (3% of income over $800)
1891 – World’s 1st traveler’s cheques issued by American Express.
1905 – First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place in US President Theodore Roosevelt’s home at Oyster Bay, New York.
1914 – 1st electric traffic light installed in the USA on the corner of East 105th and Euclid Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
1917 – The entire US National Guard is taken into national service, subject to presidential rather than state control.
1924 – “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip by Harold Gray is 1st published in the New York Daily News.
1936 – American athlete Jesse Owens wins 200m in world record time (20.7), his 3rd gold medal of the Berlin Olympics.
1944 – US troops occupy Vannes, Brittany.
1953 – “From Here to Eternity” based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Cliff and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)
1963 – Britain, USA and USSR sign nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 – US begins bombing North Vietnam.
1973 – Atlanta Braves pitcher Phil Niekro no-hits San Diego Padres, 9-0; first no-hitter for franchise in Atlanta.
1974 – US President Richard Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in.
1981 – US President Reagan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers.
1988 – Mario Biaggi (Rep-D-MY) convicted of racketeering resigns seat.
1999 – St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire becomes only the 16th MLB player to reach the 500 home run milestone as the Cardinals lose 10-2 v San Diego at Busch Stadium.
2006 – Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson and Reggie White.
2010 – Group led by Hall of Fame Nolan Ryan & Pittsburgh attorney Chuch Greenberg is confirmed as winning bidder in court ordered auction of Texas Rangers MLB franchise (value $593m)
2011 – NASA launches its Juno space probe from Cape Canaveral to orbit and study Jupiter.
2019 – July 2019 confirmed as world’s hottest-ever month recorded according to Europe’s Copernicus Programme.
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