1865 – US Secret Service begins operating under the Treasury Department.1892 – Andrew Beard was issued a patent for the rotary engine.
1916 – Adelina and August Van Buren started the first successful transcontinental motorcycle tour to be attempted by two women. They started in New York City and arrived in San Diego, CA, on September 12, 1916.
1935 – “Hawaii Call” was broadcast for the 1st time.
1935 – U.S. President Roosevelt signed the National Labor Relations Act into law. The act authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
1946 – The bikini bathing suit, created b Louis Reard, made its debut during a fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit.
1950 – U.S. forces engaged the North Korean for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
1975 – Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Conners.
1984 – The U.S. Supreme Court weakened the 70-year-old “exclusionary rule,” deciding that evidence seized with defective court warrants could be used against defendants in criminal trials.
1989 – Former U.S. National Security Council aide Oliver North received a $150,000 fine and a suspended prison term for his part in the Iran-Contra affair. The convictions were later overturned.
1991 – Regulators shut down the Pakistani-managed Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) in eight countries. The charge was fraud, drug money laundering and illegal infiltration into the U.S. banking system.
1995 – The U.S. Justice Department decided not to take antitrust action against Ticketmaster.
1998 – Japan joined U.S. and Russia in space exploration with the launching of the Planet-B probe to Mars.
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