1777 – Marquis de Lafayette, 19, made major-general of Continental Army.
1849 – Benjamin Chambers patents breech loading cannon.
1893 – Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
1912 – US government prohibits movies and photos of prize fights (censorship)
1922 – 18-year-old Ralph Samuelson rides world’s 1st water skis (Minnesota)
1932 – George Washington quarter goes into circulation.
1944 – US troops occupy Sansapor, New Guinea.
1948 – US President Harry Truman dedicates Idlewild Field (now Kennedy Airport, NY)
1964 – Al Parker glides 644 miles without a motor.
1964 – US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon.
1969 – Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3410 km.
1970 – Chet Huntley retires from NBC ends “Huntley-Brinkley Report”
1971 – Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 1/2 hour electric car ride on Moon.
1973 – Delta Airlines DC-9 crashes in fog at Logan Airport, Boston, killing all but one of 89 aboard. Lone survivor dies 5 months later.
1978 – Pete Rose ties NL record hitting streak at 44.
1981 – 42 day old, 2nd major league baseball strike ends.
1988 – Last playboy club closes in Lansing, Michigan.
1994 – Phil Rizzuto (Yank) & Steve Carlton (Phils) enter the Hall of Fame.
2014 – The US agree to resupply arms to Israel – including rocket launchers, mortar rounds, grenades – despite condemnation of civilian casualties in Gaza.
2017 – Anthony Scaramucci removed as White House Communications Director after less than 2 weeks.
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