1863 – 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1912 – American athlete Jim Thorpe wins 4 of 5 events to wind the Pentathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982.
1923 – Cleveland Indians set an AL record 27 runs including 13 in the 6th in 27-3 win v Boston Red Sox.
1928 – Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.
1936 – RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
1941 – US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion.
1948 – Cleveland Indians stun MLB by signing 42-year-old Satchel Paige.
1949 – “Dragnet” premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967.
1958 – President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood.
1960 – USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea.
1967 – Beatles’ “All You Need is Love” is released.
1972 – 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E. Pierce)
1979 – Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats American Roscoe Tanner 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 for his 4th consecutive Wimbledon title.
1981 – Sandra Day O”Conner nominated for the Supreme Court, 1st female Supreme Court Justice.
1987 – Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women.
1996 – US Open Senior Golf, Canterbury GC; Dave Stockton wins by 2 strokes from Hale Irwin for his 3rd Champions tour major title.
2001 – In his first appearance at Daytona since the death of father Dale Earnhardt Sr., Dale Jr. wins Pepsi 400 coming from 7th with 9 laps remaining to beat teammate Michael Waltrip.
2016 – In Dallas, Texas, lone gunman shots and kills five police officers, wounding others during a protest march against fatal police shootings of African Americans.
2017 – Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3.
2020 – Texas records more than 10,000 daily cases of COVID-19 for the 1st time.
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