1861 – Confederate states’ congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia.
1868 – 1st use of tax stamps on cigarettes.
1881 – Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops.
1917 – WW I draft lottery held: #258 is 1st drawn.
1921 – Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives.
1926 – A convention of the Methodist Church votes to allow women to become priests.
1935 – 1st broadcast of “Gang Busters” on NBC-radio.
1940 – Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is “I’ll Never Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey)
1944 – US President FDR nominated for an unprecedented 4th term at Democratic convention.
1950 – “Arthur Murray Party” premieres on ABC TV (later Dumont, CBS, NBC)
1956 – Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs.
1964 – 1st surfin’ record to go #1-Jan & Dean’s “Surf City”
1969 – 1st Moon Landing: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step out from Apollo spacecraft 11, 530 million watch live global broadcast.
1976 – Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.
1984 – Vanessa Williams is asked to resign as Miss America.
1984 – O.J. Simpson offers $500,000 reward for evidence of ex-wife’s killer.
1997 – 126th British Golf Open: American Justin Leonard shoots a 272 to win at Royal Troon.
2000 – The leaders of Salt Lake City’s bid to win the 2002 Winter Olympics are indicted by a federal grand jury for bribery.
2006 – During an appearance of “The Tonight Show”, Colin Farrell is confronted by telephone sex worker Dessarae Bradford, who had been stalking the actor.
2017 – Elon Musk tweets he has “verbal government approval” to build 29 minute Hyperloop between New York and Washington, D.C.
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