1813 – War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York begin.
1865 – US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.
1891 – Hail kills 16 horses in Rapid City, South Dakota.
1914 – MLB Boston Braves (26-40) are 15 games back in NL, go on to win World Series 4-0 vs Philadelphia A’s.
1934 – “Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
1935 – FDR signs US National Labor Relations Act.
1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat is first introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
1945 – World War II: Liberation of the Philippines declared.
i950 – US forces enter combat in the Korean War for the first time, in the Battle of Osan.
1958 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: American Althea Gibson beats Angela Mortimer of England 8-6, 6-2, to successfully defend her title.
1966 – NYC transit fare rises from 15 cents to 20 cents.
1971 – 26th amendment to the US constitution certified (reduce voting age to 18)
1982 – Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas.
1986 – Nancy Reagan cuts a red, white and blue ribbon to reopen Statue of Liberty after refurbishment.
1993 – A’s outfielder Rickey Henderson leads off both games of Oakland’s doubleheader vs Cleveland with homers (first time since 1913)
1994 – Amazon.com founded in Bellevue, Washington by Jeff Bezos.
2003 – Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Serena Williams successfully defends her title beating older sister Venus 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
2016 – FBI releases report stating Hillary Clinton was “extremely careless” handling classified emails but doesn’t recommend prosecution.
2017 – Volvo cars announces all new models by 2019 will be either hybrids or battery powered, 1st automaker to do so.
2020 – Florida reports a record 11,458 daily COVID-19 cases.