1643 – 1st recorded tornado in US (Essex County, Massachusetts).
1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
1834 – Provisional government forms in Oregon Country.
1841 – Thomas Cook opens first travel agency.
1865 – US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.
1884 – US Congress accept 2nd Chinese Exclusion Act.
1891 – Hail kills 6 horses in Rapid City, South Dakota.
1929 WOWO-AM, Indiana returns to air, 1 day after transmitter burns down.
1935 – FDR signs National Labor Relations Act.
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat is first introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1946 – 75th British Golf Open: Sam Snead shoots a 290 at St. Andrews.
1954 – B-52A bomber made its maiden flight.
1963 – 1st Beatle tune to hit US charts, Del Shannon “From Me to You” at #87.
1966 – Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy.
1982 – Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas.
1984 – Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old “exclusionary rule”-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be used in criminal trials.
1986 – Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty refurbishment.
1994 – The United States announces it will no longer accept unrestricted immigration from Haiti.
1994 – Amazon.com founded in Bellevue, Washington by Jeff Bezos.
2009 – 116th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (7-6 6-2).
2016 – FBI releases report stating Hillary Clinton “extremely careless” in handling classified emails but don’t recommend prosecuting.
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