1854 – Anthony Faas, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patents the 1st US accordion, having made improvements both the keyboard and to enhance the sound.
1896 – British Open Men’s Golf, Muirfield: Harry Vardon of Jersey wins first of 6 Open titles by 4 strokes in a 36-hold playoff with defending champion J.H. Taylor.
1907 – Lowest temperature ever in 48 US states for June … 2 degrees F in Tamarack, California.
1920 – US Post Office says children cannot be sent by parcel post (after various instances)
1927 – Ticker-tape parade welcomes Charles A. Lindbergh to NYC.
1942 – US Office of Strategic Services (OSS) formed.
1948 – Babe Ruth’s final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies August 16th.
1953 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oakmont CC: Ben Hogan wins a record-tying 4th US Open title, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead.
1960 – “Ally-Oop” by Dyna-Sores peaks at #59.
1965 – 19th Tony Awards: “Subject Was Roses” & “Fiddler on the Roof” win.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st African American Supreme Court Justice.
1971 – “The New York Times” begins publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, classified documents on the long history of the U.S. in Vietnam.
1980 – Rep. John Jenrette, Jr. (D-SC) indicted in “Abscam” investigation.
1988 – Boston Red Sox are 10 games back in AL, & go on to win AL East.
1991 – The National, 1st all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.
1994 – Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandburg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract.
1994 – A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages.
1997 – Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death.
2005 – A jury in Santa Maria, California acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of molesting 13-year-old Gavin Arvizo at his Neverland Ranch.
2017 – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before Senate Intelligence Committee, denies secretly meeting Russians.
2019 – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is responsible for recent attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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