1692 – 5 more people are hanged for witchcraft (20 in all) in Salem, Massachusetts.
1860 – 1st railroad reaches Kansas.
1875 – Emma Abbott, a floating hospital for sick children, makes trial trip, NYC.
1910 – Cleveland Indian baseball player Cy Young registers 500th career victory against Washington 5-4 in 11 innings.
1913 – Billboard publishes earliest known “Last Week’s 10 Best Sellers among Popular Songs”, Malinda’s Wedding Day is #1.
1930 – Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team return to the United States following the first exploration of the Interior of Antarctica.
1939 – Dr. Roy P. Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures.
1941 – 1st US Army flying school for black cadets dedicated (Tuskegee, Alabama)
1941 – Tom and Jerry first appear under their own names in cartoon “The Midnight Snack” by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
1956 – US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam.
1961 – 1st in-flight movie shown on TWA.
1967 – Race riots in Durham, NC.
1969 – Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.
1973 – Willie Mays named to NL all star team for 24th time (ties Stan Musial)
1982 – David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon.
1989 – United Airlines DC-10 crashes at Sioux City, Iowa, kills 112.
1990 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose is sentenced to 5 months for tax evasion.
1996 – 26th Olympic Games opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
2009 – 138th British Open Golf: Stewart Cink shoots a 278 at Ailsa Course.
2017 – US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.
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