1880 – 1st commercial hydroelectric power plant in the world begins generating electricity in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
1915 – Excursion ship Eastland capsizes in Lake Michigan, 852 die.
1929 – President Herbert Hoover proclaims Kellogg-Briand Pact which renounces war.
1936 – 121 degrees F, near Alton, Kansas (state record)
1942 – Irving Berlin’s musical “This is The Army” premieres in New York City.
1952 – “High Noon”, American Western film created by Fred Zimmemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released.
1952 – President Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike.
1960 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Firestone CC: Jay Hebert wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Australian Jim Ferrier.
1961 – Edwin Newman becomes news anchor of NBC’s “Today Show”
1968 – Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in a record 90th major league game breaking Cy Young’s record for pitching appearances.
1969 Apollo 11 returns to earth.
1974 – Supreme Court unanimously rules President Richard Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes.
1977 – US Open Women’s Golf, Hazeltine National GC: Hollis Stacy wins wire-to-wire by 2 strokes from Nancy Lopez.
1987 – IBM-PC DOS Version 3.3 (updated) released.
1998 – “Saving Private Ryan”, directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns and Matt Damon, is released (Academy Awards Best Director 1999)
1998 – Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire, killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial.
2002 – James Traficant is expelled from the House of Representatives on a vote of 420 to 1.
2012 – Danielle Steel’s novel “Friends Forever: A Novel” is published.
2019 – Special counsel Robert Mueller reports to the Senate that President Donald Trump was not exonerated of obstruction of justice and that Russia interfered in the US election to benefit Trump.
2022 – Heatwave across America’s Northeast with many cities including Boston, St Louis and Philadelphia declaring heat emergencies.
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