1785 – James Swan pays off the $2,024,899 US national debt.
1878 – American inventor Henry Tibbe patents an improved corncob pipe design.
1910 – Walter Brookin becomes 1st to pilot an airplane to 1 mile altitude.
1918 – US Congress creates Distinguished Service Medal (not to be confused with other countries’ decorations of the same name)
1932 – Washington Redskins (then Boston Braves) formed.
1944 – In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan falls.
1948 – Satchel Paige, 52, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless innings for Cleveland.
1951 – US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Grammy.
1953 – 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)
1955 – Bill Haley & Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock” tops the billboard chart, one of the best-selling singles ever.
1960 – British Open Men’s Golf, St. Andrews: Australian Kel Nagle wins his only major title by 1 stroke from Arnold Palmer in the centenary year of the Open Championship.
1968 – Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first reigning NBA MVP to be traded the next season when he moves from Philadelphia 76’ers to LA Lakers.
1970 – In Atlanta, Chief-No-ka-homa is joined by cousin Chief Round-the-Horn.
1978 – “Hello, Dolly!” closes at Lunt-Fountanne Theater NYC after 152 performances.
1981 – Jacksons begin a 36-city tour.
1987 – Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence.
1992 – Space Shuttle STS 50 (Columbia 13) lands.
1996 – US Senate approves 90 cents raise to $4.25 minimum wage.
2017 – CEO Elon Musk is the first owner of Telsa’s first mass market electric car – the Model 3.
2018 – US President Donald Trump names Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee.
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