1644 – 1st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut.
1736 – Methodists John and Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia.
1850 – Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, NY.
1900 – The United States and United Kingdom sign treaty for Panama Canal.
1917 – Congress overrides Wilson’s veto, curtailing Asian immigration.
1921 – Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium.
1922 – Reader’s Digest magazine 1st published.
1931 – Maxine Dunlap becomes 1st US woman to earn a glider pilot license.
1936 – National Wildlife Federation forms.
1937 – FDR proposes enlarging Supreme Court, “court packing” plan failed.
1940 – Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record “Tuxedo Junction”
1953 – 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes win.
1967 – “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
1977 – Sugar Ray Leonard beats Luis Vega in 6 rounds in his 1st pro fight.
1981 – Military jury in North Carolina convicts Robert Garwood of collaborating with the enemy during the Vietnam War.
1989 – Kareen Abdul-Jabar becomes 1st NBA player to score 38,000 points.
1994 – Medger Evers’ murderer Byron De La Beckwith sentenced to life, in Jackson, Mississippi, 30 years after the crime.
1997 – O.J. Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in a civil court action.
2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States leaves at least 58 dead, the most since the May 31, 1985 outbreak that killed 88.
2018 – A share market sell off starts on Wall Street with Dow Jones sinking 4.6%, spreads around the globe.
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