1853 – Central Park in New York was created when New York State Legislature put aside more than 750 acres of land on Manhattan Island.
1915 – President Woodrow Wilson sends the third Lusitania note, warning Germany that future infringement of American rights will be deemed ‘deliberately unfriendly’
1925 – John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, fined $100 and costs.
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms.
1943 – Musical film “Stormy Weather,” directed by Andrew L. Stone, starring Bill Robinson, Lena Horne and Fats Waller (singing “Ain’t Misbehavin”) premieres in the United States.
1944 – US forces land on Guam during its recapture from the Japanese (Operation Forager)
1949 – 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)
1963 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Dallas Athletic Club: Jack Nicklaus wins first of 5 PGA Championships by 2 shots from fellow American Dave Regan.
1969 – 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 – House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon.
1983 – United States announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge.
1991 – Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
1996 – Wayne Gretzky signs a 2-year deal with New York Rangers.
2002 – Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the then-largest such filing in United States History.
2013 – British Open Men’s Golf, Murifield: Phil Mickelson wins his 5th major, by 3 strokes from Henrik Stenson of Sweden.
2021 – Life expectancy in the United States falls by 1.5 years (3 years for Hispanic Americans, 2.9 years for Black Americans) in the largest decline since World War II.
2022 – First polio case since 2013 reported in Rockford County, New York.
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