1872 – African American inventor Elijah McCoy is granted a patent for lubricators for steam-engines.
1904 – Ice cream cone created during St. Louis World Fair – the 1st cone reputedly by Charles E. Menches.
1925 – NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers.
1937 – Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)
1943 – US 45th Infantry division occupies north coast of Termini.
1947 – 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
1956 – Joe Cronin & Hank Greenburg inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame.
1959 – US Vice President Richard Nixon begins visit to the USSR.
1961 – Bricusse & Newley’s musical “Stop the world I want to …” premieres.
1966 – Napoleon XIV releases “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha! Ha!”
1966 – Frank Sinatra’s album “Strangers in The Night” is No. 1 on the US charts (Grammy for Record of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance)
1967 – First successful liver transplant, on 19 month old Julie Rodriguez by Dr. Starzl at the University of Colorado.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation.
1978 – Phillies Steve Carlton becomes 78th pitcher to win 200 games.
1984 – Vanessa Williams, 1st African American Miss America, resigns due to posing nude.
1989 – FOX-TV tops ABC, NBC & CBS for 1st time (America’s Most Wanted)
1994 – Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days, 55 minutes.
2000 – 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
2015 – Supreme Court rejects Bill Cosby’s petition against a civil case of his alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.
2019 – US Senate passes bill championed by comedian Jon Stewart to ensure 9/11 first responders fund never runs our of money.
2019 – Nike’s Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 draft pick Zion Williamson to riches multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history; estimated 7 years for $75 million.
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