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1848 – 1st US women’s rights convention held in Seneca Falls NY, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.

1867 – US Congress passes 3rd Reconstruction Act over President Andrew Johnson’s veto.

1910 – Cy Young wins the 500th game of his Baseball Hall of Fame career as the Cleveland Naps beat Washington Senators, 5-2, in 11 innings: only pitcher in MLB history to reach milestone.

1913 – Billboard publishes earliest known “Last Week’s 10 Best Sellers Among Popular Songs”: “Malinda’s Wedding Day” by singers Byron Harlan and Arthur Collins is #1 (recorded in Camden, New Jersey)

1922 – American swimmer Johnny Weissmuller first to break 1 minute barrier for 100m freestyle: swims 58.6s at Alameda, California.

1930 – Richard E. Byrd, Laurence McKinley Gould, and their polar expedition team return to the United Stats following the first exploration of the interior of Antarctica.

1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints the Fair Employment Practice Committee (FEPC)

1952 – XV Summer Olympic Games open in Helsinki, Finland.

1956 – US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam.

1965 – Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot “Where No Man Has Gone Before”

1969 – Apollo 11 goes into Moon orbit.

1973 – NY Mets future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Willie Mays is 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.

1990 – Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, California.

1993 – President Clinton fires FBI Director William S. Sessions.

2009 – British Open Men’s Golf, Turnberry: American Stewart Cink wins his only major championship by 6 strokes in a 4-hole playoff with 5-time champion Tom Watson.

2015 – World Health Organization puts world’s Ebola death toll at 11,284.

2017 – US Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer.

2019 – Heat wave begins across the east of America affecting 100 million people and killing 6, with New York City declaring a state of emergency.

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