1774 – Citizens of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, pass a symbolic declaration of independence.
1843 – Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy.
1861 – Will Bill Hickok reputed to have shot and killed David McCanles, possibly his first kill. Hickok later acquitted after found he acted in self defense.
1901 – Cy Young wins his 300th game.
1930 – 34th US Golf Open: Robert T “Bobby” Jones wins.
1933 – Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour)
1945 – Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games.
1954 – Major League Baseball Players Association founded.
1954 – President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system.
1957 – US Surgeon General Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer.
1972 – Democrats nominated George McGovern for US president in Miami, Florida.
1976 – 1st “Family Feud” game show debuts on ABC hosted by Richard Dawson.
1984 – Geraldine Ferraro becomes 1st US female major-party VP candidate.
1985 – “Singin’ in the Rain” opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 367 performances.
1985 – Doctors discover a cancerous growth in President Reagan’s colon.
1992 – Axl Rose arrested on riot charges in St. Louis of July 2, 1991 concert.
1994 – Nomination hearings for Steven Beyer for supreme court begins.
1996 – Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million.
1997 – Cubs play in their 5,000th consecutive game without being no-hit.
2016 – Bernie Sanders endorses fellow Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in a speech in New Hampshire.
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