1858 – First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service.
1866 – Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US.
1900 – Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut.
1914 – Foxtrot 1st danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden, in NYC, by Harry Fox.
1932 – US President Herbert Hoover uses federal troops to evict the Bonus Army (WWI veterans and their families) from their encampment, 4 die.
1943 – US President FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US.
1945 – US Army B-25 crashes into 79th floor of Empire State Building, 14 die.
1945 – US Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2.
1951 – Walt Disney’s animated musical film “Alice in Wonderland” released.
1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis makes his TV appearance (Steve Allen Show)
1965 – LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1973 – Skylab 3’s astronauts (Bean, Garriott & Lousma) launched.
1978 – 600,000 attend the “Summer Jam” rock festival at Watkins Glen, New York, at the time the largest ever audience at a pop festival.
1986 – NASA releases transcript from doomed Challenger, pilot Michael Smith could be heard saying, “Uh-oh! as the spacecraft disintegrated.
1991 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Oakland Hills CC: Jack Nicklaus matches course record of 65 to beat Chi Chi Rodriguez by 4 strokes in an 18-hole playoff.
1994 – Texas Ranger pitcher Kenny Rogers throws the only perfect game in franchise history, against the California Angels.
2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
2014 – Israel criticizes John Kerry’s proposed ceasefire, stating that no ceasefire deal will be accepted without the destruction of tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel and the demilitarization of the Gaza Strip.
2017 – US Senate vote for “skinny” repeal of Obamacare fails by 51-49 when John McCain casts deciding vote against.
2017- General John Kelly appointed new Chief of Staff by US President Donald Trump.
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