1871 – Jesse James robs a bank of $45,000 in Corydon, Iowa.
1898 – American troops, en route to the Philippines on the SS China, raise the American flag on Wake Island.
1929 – Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber.
1930 – US Veterans Administration created.
1938 – President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
1944 – Oriole Park, then a minor league baseball stadium, burns down in Baltimore; cause, speculated discarded cigarette.
1947 – 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City.
1958 – “Andy Williams Show” premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1966 – Atlanta Braves’ Tony Cloninger, 1st National League player and only pitcher to hit 2 grand slams in a Major League Baseball game. Braves beat San Francisco Giants 17-3.
1968 – 42 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in July.
1973 – Brothers Gaylord (Hall of Fame) and Jim Perry (3-time All Star) face each other for only time in Major League Baseball. Detroit Tigers beat Cleveland Indians 5-4, Gaylord charged with loss.
1983 – American Calvin Smith sets new record of 9.9 seconds for 100 meters in Colorado Springs, beats Jim Hines 1968 mark by 0.02 seconds.
1984 – Supreme Court rules Jaycees may be forced to admit women as members.
1987 – 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic.
1997 – Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit.
2004 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon beating defending champion Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4.
2012 – Antonio Estandiari wins a record $18.3 million after winning the 2012 World Series of Poker $1,000,000,000 Buy-In.
2019 – US produces the most waste per head globally and recycles the least at 37%, according to new research by Verick Maplecroft. Germany recycles the most at 68%.
2020 – Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan announces he would review changing the organization’s name.
About Author
