1856 – The Great Train Wreck of 1856 between Camp Hill and Fort Washington, Pennsylvania kills over 60 people.
1851 – US Congress authorizes paper money.
1867 – 1st dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established.
1902 – Orioles forfeit to St Louis having only 5 players available to play, they then forfeit their franchise back to the American League.
1929 – USSR breaks diplomatic relations with China.
1935 – “Variety” publishes famous headline “Sticks Nix Hick Pix”
1938 – Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan leaves NY for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake.
1941 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting steak ends in Cleveland.
1948 – US Air Force pilot Gail Halvorsen encounters children at Templehof Airport in Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, giving him the idea to drop candy in ‘Operation Little Vittles’.
1955 – Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.
1961 – John Chancellor became news anchor of “Today Show”
1962 – US Senate rejects medicare for aged.
1972 – 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico.
1978 – NY Yankee manager Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson fight in dug-out after Jackson refuses to bunt, causing Martin to suspend him.
1987 – Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time.
1995 – Forbes Magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in world with a net worth of $12.9 billion dollars.
2005 – British Open Golf, St. Andrews: Tiger Woods wins his 10th major title wire-to-wire by 5 shots from Scotsman Colin Montgomerie.
2013 – 21st ESPY Awards: LeBron James, Serena Williams win.
2018 – Bloomberg estimate NFL made $14 billion in revenue in 2017, distributing a record $8.1 billion to the league’s 32 teams, $255m each.
2019 – Streaming service Netflix reaches 150 million subscribers worldwide, but with slower growth than forecast.
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