1916 – Congress passes Federal Road Act.
1934 – Franklin Roosevelt became the 1st US President to travel through the Panama Canal.
1943 – US 4th Division occupies airport in Comiso, Sicily.
1944 – President Franklin Roosevelt announces he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States.
1950 – 17th All Star Baseball Game: National League wins 4-3 in 14 innings at Comiskey Park, Chicago: Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning.
1952 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Lytham & St. Annes GC: 3 titles in 4 years for Bobby Locke of South Africa, beating Australian Peter Thompson by a stroke.
1955 – Congress authorizes all US currency to say “In God We Trust”
1960 – “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is first published by J.B. Lippincott & Co.
1962 – Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in the same inning.
1967 – “The Newlywed Game” premieres in the United States on ABC-TV.
1974 – House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry.
1977 – Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
1981 – Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony.
1984 – Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989.
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor.
1995 – 66th All Star Baseball Game; National League wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas.
2007 – “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, the 5th film based on the books by J.K. Rowling, is released.
2012 – 20th ESPY Awards: LeBron James & Brittney Griner win.
2019 – Last models of Volkswagen’s Beetle car are produced in Pueblo, Mexico, ending production worldwide after 80 years.
2019 – Stock market reaches new records, the Dow tops 27,000 points for the first time and the S&P hits 3,000 points.
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