1843 – Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy.
1862 – US Congress authorizes Medal of Honor.
1901 – Cy Young wins his 300th game.
1909 – 16th Amendment was passed by Congress (power to tax income)
1930 – US Open Men’s Golf, Interlachen CC: Defending champion Bobby Jones wins record-tying 4th US Open title by 2 strokes from MacDonald Smith; third consecutive major title.
1933 – Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1948 – 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires)
1954 – President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system.
1957 – US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.
1964 – US Open Women’s Golf, San Diego CC: Mickey Wright wins her 4th Open in a playoff with Ruth Jessen.
1973 – A fire destroyed the entire 6th floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1984 – Geraldine Ferraro becomes the 1st US female major-party vice-presidential candidate, after Walter Mondale selects her as his Democratic Party running mate.
1994 – Nomination hearings for Steven Breyer for Supreme Court Justice begins.
1996 – Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract with the Chicago Bulls, for 1 year for $30.1 million.
1997 – Pirates Francisco Cordova & Ricardo Rincon no-hit Astros 3-0 in 10 innings.
2016 – Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire.
2017 – World’s largest iceberg (later christened A68) breaks away from Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica, about 6,000 sq km in length.
2018 – Sandra Oh is the first woman to be nominated for an Emmy award in a leading role for “Killing Eve”.
2018 – US President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for a four-day visit amid protests.