1729 – North Carolina becomes a royal colony.
1850 – Gold discovered in Oregon (Rogue River).
1854 – Walter Hunt is awarded the first U.S. patent for a paper shirt collar.
1868 – US Congress forms Wyoming Territory (Dakota, Utah & Idaho).
1922 – AT&T begins broadcasting on WBAY (NYC-later WNBC, WRCA & WFAN).
1933 – 1st Dutch live radio concert: Duke Ellington.
1941 – FDR bans selling benzene/gasoline to Japan.
1946 – At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
1961 – Roger Maris hits home runs 37,38,39 & 40 in a doubleheader.
1961 – In a speech John F. Kennedy emphasizes that any attack on Berlin is an attack on NATO.
1965 – Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electric guitar at Newport Folk Festival.
1966 – Supremes release “You Can’t Hurry Love.”
1969 – Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne.
1975 – “A Chorus Line”, longest-running Broadway show (6,137), premieres.
1978 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose sets NL record hitting in 38 consecutive games.
1983 – Washington Pubic Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion.
1997 – Autumn Jackson, found guilty of trying to extort $40M from Bill Cosby.
2012 – The 2012 Summer Olympics begin (Opening ceremony 27th).
2016 – Verizon announces $4.83 billion purchase of Yahoo.
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