1829 – William Austin Burt patents America’s first “typographer” (typewriter)
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 – New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slams.
1931 – France announces it can’t afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
1943 – US 45th Infantry Division occupies north coast of Temini (Sicily)
1947 – 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
1960 – US Open Women’s Golf, Worcester CC: Betsy Rawls wins her 4th Open title, 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Joyce Ziske.
1966 – Frank Sinatra’s album “Strangers in The Night” hits #1 on the US charts; wins Grammy for Record of The Year and Best Male Vocal Performance.
1967 – First successful liver transplant, on 19-month-old Julie Rodriguez by Dr. Thomas Starzl at the University of Colorado.
1973 – Ozark AL Flight 809 knocked out of air by lightning in St. Louis, killing 38.
1973 – President Richard Nixon refuses to release Watergate tapes of conversations in the White House relevant to the Watergate investigation.
1980 – River of No Return Wilderness Area, surrounding the Salmon River in Idaho, designated protected wilderness area by President Jimmy Carter.
1989 – British Open Men’s Golf, Royal Troon; American Mark Calcavecchia wins his only major title in the first ever 4-hole aggregate playoff with Australians Greg Norman and Wayne Grady.
1994 – Space Shuttle STS 65: Columbia 17, lands after a record 14 days 55 minutes.
2000 – 87th Tour de France: no winner (Lance Armstrong disqualified)
2009 – The Bank of Canada announces the end of the recession even though it remains nascent and still dependent on government stimulus.
2015 – Supreme Court rejects Bill Cosby’s petition against a civil case of his alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old girl a the Playboy Mansion in 1974.
2019 – Nike’s Jordan Brand signs 2019 NBA #1 pick Zion Williamson to the richest multiyear sponsorship deal for a rookie in history, estimated 7 years for $75 million.
2020 – President Donald Trump says he could send 75,000 federal agents to deal with violence in American cities like Portland, drawing backlash.
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