1844 – Brigham Young chosen as head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints following the death of Joseph Smith.
1876 – Thomas Edison is granted the patent for Autographic Printing (US Patent 180,857)
1911 – The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
1920 – Detroit Tigers beat New York Yankees 1-0 in the shortest AL game, 73 minutes.
1925 – 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C.
1937 – Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power.
1942 – 6 convicted Nazi saboteurs who landed in the United States executed in Washington, D.C.
1945 – President Harry Truman signs the United Nations Charter.
1950 – Florence Chadwick swims English Channel (13:23)
1960 – “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka dot Bikini” hits music charts at #1.
1968 – Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Richard Nixon for president.
1975 – Country singer Hank Williams Jr. falls off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana.
1982 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Southern Hills CC: Ray Floyd from Cumberland County, N.C., wins his second PGA Championship by 3 shots from fellow American Lanny Watkins.
1986 – Texas paroles rock singer David Crosby from state prison 5 months into his 5-year prison sentence for drug and weapons convictions. He credits the respite with helping him to break his cocaine addiction.
1988 – Secretary of State George P. Schultz narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Bolivia.
1992 – The original US ‘Dream Team’ wins the basketball gold at the Barcelona Olympics 117-85 over Croatia. The team features superstars Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, and Patrick Ewing.
2007 – An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2013 – Retired Washington Post journalist and editor 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.
2021 – USA women’s basketball team wins its record extending 7th consecutive Olympic gold medal with 90-75 win over Japan. Guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi each win their 5th straight gold.
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