1743 – 1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)
1768 – Boston Gazette publishes “Liberty Song”, America’s 1st patriotic song.
1864 – President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service.
1914 – US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps.
1918 – World War I: US and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive.
1927 – Ty Cobb’s 4,000th career hit.
1936 – NYC gangster Charlie “Lucky” Luciano is sentenced to 30 to 50 years in state prison.
1940 – Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term.
1947 – President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act.
1955 – 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially.
1961 – Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth’s record of 60 HR in 154-game schedule in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games.
1968 – The Intel Corporation is founded in Santa Clara, California.
1979 – Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London.
1980 – Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn’t include women.
1982 – 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon.
1986 – Videotapes released showing Titanic’s sunken remains.
1994 – Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons.
1995 – “Dreams from My Father”, a memoir by Barack Obama is published by Times Books.
2013 – Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 Billion.
2015 – PayPal is spun off from eBay as a separate publicly traded company on the NASDAQ.
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