1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland. Originally called ‘Cleaveland’, the public adopted the current name after a newspaper editor noticed the name was too long to fit on the page.
1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” in Colorado.
1923 – Washington Senators future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson becomes 1st to reach 3,000 strikeout milestone (en route to 3,408) with 5 K’s in 3-1 win over Cleveland Indians.
1926 – 108 degrees F, Troy, NY (state record)
1933 – Caterina Jarboro sings “Alda” at the New York Hippodrome, becoming the 1st black female opera singer to perform in the US.
1937 – US Senate rejects FDR’s proposal to enlarge Supreme Court.
1942 – Gasoline rationing using coupons begins.
1943 – US forces led by General George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily.
1955 – Richard Nixon becomes the first US Vice President to preside over a cabinet meeting.
1962 – 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off.
1963 – In their second clash Sonny Liston once again KOs Floyd Patterson in round 1 at the Convention Center, Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title.
1967 – Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees’ tour.
1975 – US House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
1983 – Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world.
1990 – British Open Men’ Golf, St Andrews: Englishman Nick Faldo wins the 2nd of his 3 Open Championships by 5 strokes from runners-up Mark McNulty & Payne Stewart.
1995 – Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina.
1997 – Greg Maddux throws a complete game with just 76 pitches.
2016 – Hillary Clinton announces Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her Vice Presidential running mate.
2017 – 10 die in over-heated tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in human-trafficking incident.
2019 – NFL Dallas Cowboys named most valuable sports team in the world worth $5 billion, MLB New York Yankees 2nd at $4.6 billion, Real Madrid 3rd with $4.2 billion according to Forbes.
2019 – US President Donald Trump says US could win war in Afghanistan in a week “I just don’t want to kill 10 million people. If I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the earth”
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