1853 – Central Park in New York created when New York State Legislature puts aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island.
1915 – Woodrow Wilson sends the third Lusitania note, warning Germany that future infringement of American rights will be deemed ‘deliberately unfriendly’
1919 – Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 in Chicago, Illinois.
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms.
1943 – “Stormy Weather”, directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller singing “Ain’t Misbehavin” premiers in the US.
1949 – US Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
1955 – USS Seawolf launched, 1st submarine powered by liquid metal cooled nuclear reactor.
1957 – 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
1961 – Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom.
1963 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA Championships by 2 strokes from fellow American Dave Ragan.
1968 – Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT).
1972 – Los Angeles Dodgers release and end career of knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm.
1974 – US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon.
1976 – “Guys & Dolls” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances.
1983 – US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge.
1987 – Guns N’ Roses debut album “Appetite for Destruction” is released, and becomes the best-selling debut album of all time with more than 30 million copies sold.
1991 – Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
2002 – Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the then largest such filing in United States history.
2013 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden.
2017 – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigns after opposing appointment of Anthony Scaramucci.
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