1786 – US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America.
1844 – Brigham Young chosen as head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints following the death of Joseph Smith.
1898 – Will Kellogg invests Corn Flakes.
1911 – The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
1930 – St Louis Cardinals are 12 games back in NL & go on to win pennant.
1937 – Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power.
1944 – US 15th Army corps occupies Le Mans.
1950 – Florence Chadwick swims English Channel (13:23)
1953 – US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact.
1960 – “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini” hits #1.
1972 – NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium.
1974 – US President Richard Nixon announces he will resign at 12pm the next day.
1982 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Southern Hills CC: Ray Floyd wins his second PGA Championship by 3 shots from fellow American Lanny Watkins.
1988 – US Secretary of State George P. Shultz narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Bolivia.
1990 – Pete Rose begins 5 months prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp.
1992 – The original US ‘Dream Team’ wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Canada; features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scotty Pippen, Charles Barkley & Patrick Ewing.
2000 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
2007 – Carlos Sim overtakes Bill Gates as world’s richest person with estimated net worth of US$59 billion, according to “Fortune”
2013 – Ben Bradlee is named as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
2017 – The Walt Disney Company announces plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix.
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