1798 – US Marine Corps established by an act of Congress.
1804 – Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel.
1892 – US Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp.
1916 – Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act.
1923 – Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M.
1943 – US 45th Division occupies airport Comiso Sicily.
1952 – Gen. Eisenhower nominated as Republican US presidential candidate.
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 – 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I).
1967 – Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition.
1974 – House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry.
1981 – Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony.
1982 – 3rd U.S. Senior Golf Open: Miller Barber wins.
1984 – Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989.
1988 – Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor.
1989 – President Ronald Reagan sportscast All Star Game.
1992 – Presidential candidate Ross Perot at NCAAP speech calls them “you people.”
2001 – Iraq resumes oil exports, ending a 5-week halt in protest of a US and British-sponsored UN Security Council resolution.
2012 – 20th ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Brittney Griner win.
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