1863 – President Davis orders service duty for confederate army.
1870 – Georgia becomes last confederate to be admitted to US.
1904 – 1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles.
1916 – 22.22 inches of rain falls in Altapass, NC (state record)
1916 – Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington.
1929 – 1st airport hotel opens at Oakland, California.
1932 – US President Herbert Hoover cuts own salary 15%.
1934 – Continental Airlines commences operations.
1941 – Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin)
1949 – WBT TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting.
1954 – 1st commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
1959 – The US steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
1961 – 90th British Open: Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale.
1964 – Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans.
1971 – US President Richard Nixon announces he will visit the People’s Republic of China.
1980 – Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra’s record.
1991 – US troops leave northern Iraq.
1996 – MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV.
2002 – “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and to possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape Communications Corporation. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
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