1815 – 1st natural gas well in US is discovered.
1842 – Notary Stamp Law passes.
1869 – Corncob pipe, made from small corn kernels, invented.
1893 – Daniels Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without medication.
1910 – Walter Brookins 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)
1933 – Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles.
1944 – In World War II, US troops secure Saipan as Japan falls.
1948 – Satchel Paige, 42, debuts in majors pitching 2 scoreless inning for Cleveland.
1951 – US President Harry Truman asks Congress to formally end state of war with Germany.
1955 – Bill Haley & Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock” tops the Billboard chart.
1956 – Dick Clark’s 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand.
1966 – 95th British Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 282 at Muirfield Gullane to become only 4th person in history to win all 4 majors.
1967 – WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting.
1978 – “Hello Dolly” closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 162 performances.
1986 – Attorney General’s Commission on pornography links hard-core porn to sex crimes.
1987 – Colonel Oliver North admits to shredding Iran-Contra evidence.
1996 -US Senate approves 90 cent raise to $4.25 minimum wage.
2002 – 73rd All Star Baseball Game: 7-7 tie when both teams ran out of available pitchers at Miller Park, Milwaukee.
2017 – CEO Elon Musk is the first owner of Tesla’s first mass market electric car – the Model 3.
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