1742 – Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove.
1776 – Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence.
1838 – Iowa Territory is organized.
1878 – DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (changed in 1974)
1895 – Charles Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile.
1919 – 23rd US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Massachusetts.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross.
1936 – Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia.
1944 – 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas.
1947 – WW II sugar rationing finally ends in US (began May 28, 1942)
1953 – “Amos ‘n Andy” TV comedy, also radio from ’29; last aired on CBS.
1959 – Charlie Sifford becomes the 1s African American to play in a US Golf Open.
1963 – US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is “time to act”
1971 – US & Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan.
1978 – File “Grease” opens, starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, based on the 1971 musical.
1989 – 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody wins.
1990 – Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of US flag unconstitutional.
1998 – Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
2004 – Ronald Reagan’s funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
2012 – US territory Puerto Rico votes to become a US State.