1834 – Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer Jr., Springfield, Vermont.
1881 – Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
1900 – Having been annexed to the USA on 12 August 1898, Hawaii is constituted as an organized territory.
1917 – General Pershing and his HQ staff arrive in Paris during WW I.
1923 – Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1938 – Republican National Convention, meeting in Kansas City, nominates Herbert Hoover for President.
1941 – Ground broken for Boeing Plant II (ex-AFLC Plant 13) in Wichita, Kansas.
1946 – Nat King Cole records “The Christmas Song” for the first time.
1952 – Braves Warren Spahn ties NL record of Jim Whitney with 18 strikeouts against the Cubs in 15-innings, 3-1 loss.
1954 – President Eisenhower signs order adding words “under God” to the Pledge.
1961 – 106 degrees F, hottest temperature in San Francisco.
1967 – “Steve Allen Show” premieres on CBS-TV.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon administration imposes 60-day economy-wide price freeze, superseding Special Rule No. 1 for oil companies.
1984 – Southern Baptist convention decide on no women clergy members.
1991 – Space Shuttle STS 40 (Columbia 12) lands.
2000 – Greg Maddux makes his 387th putout, breaking Jack Morris’ career record.
2013 – The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property.
2015 – “Jurassic World”, 1st film to make $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend.
2017 – US Senate approves new sanctions against Russia as punishment for meddling in the 2016 election.
2018 – US government confirms 1500 boys being held separated from their patents in Casa Padre, shelter facility for illegal immigrants in a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas.
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