1862 – US begins construction of Central Public Railroad.
1890 – Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)
1913 – World’s official highest recorded temperature at Greenland Ranch, Death Valley, California at 134 degrees F.
1926 – US Open Men’s Golf, Scioto CC: Amateur Bob Jones, winner of the British Open 2 weeks earlier, claims the second of his 4 US Opens, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joe Turnesa.
1934 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is 1st sitting US President to visit South America, in Columbia.
1938 – Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours.
1943 – US, British and Canadian forces invade Sicily in WW II (Operation Husky)
1949 – 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, Ohio.
1950 – “Your Hit Parade” premieres on NBC (later on CBS) TV (Broadcast on radio from 1935)
1962 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested during demonstration in Georgia.
1967 – Bobby Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe” – single goes on to win 4 Grammys.
1971 – 100th British Open Men’s Golf, royal Birkdale: Lee Trevino wins the first of his consecutive Open Championships, a stroke ahead of Lu Liang-Huan of Taiwan.
1978 – World News tonight premieres on ABC with Max Robinson the first black anchor on a network newscast in the US.
1985 – Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke.
1997 – RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads.
2001 – American Hess agrees to acquire Triton Energy for $2.7 billion in cash.
2005 – Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage.
2012 – The American Episcopal Church becomes the first to approve a rite for blessing gay marriages.
2019 – Taylor Swift named the world’s highest paid entertainer by Forbes earning $185 million in 2018.
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