1916 – Boeing Model 1 (B&W Seaplane), the 1st Boeing product, flies for the first time.
1916 – Boy Scouts of America forms.
1924 – Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth automobile.
1934 – Great Smokey Mountains National Park on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee is dedicated.
1947 – US Open Men’s Golf, St. Louis CC: Lew Worsham defeats Sam Snead by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff for his only major title.
1951 – Joe Louis scored his last knockout victory.
1955 – The Eisenhower administration stages the first annual “Operation Alert” (OPAL) exercise, an attempt to assess the USA’s preparation for a nuclear attack.
1957 – “Ziegfeld Follies of 1957” closes at Winter Garden, New York City after 123 performances.
1963 – “Sukiyaki” sung by Japanese singer Kuy Sakamoto, hits #1.
1967 – “The Dirty Dozen”, based on E.M. Nathanson’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgine and Charles Bronson, is released.
1969 – “Hee Haw” with Roy Clark & Buck Owens premieres on CBS-TV.
1974 – “All the President’s Men” by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward detailing their Watergate investigation is published by Simon and Shuster.
1980 – US Open Men’s Golf, Baltusrol GC; Jack Nicklaus sets new tournament scoring record 272 (-8) to win his 4th Open title, 2 strokes ahead of Isao Aoki of Japan.
1983 – Supreme Court struck down state and local restrictions on abortion.
1990 – Film “Dick Tracy” with Warren Beatty & Madonna premieres.
2001 – ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum sign a letter of intent for a natural gas to liquids (GTL) project that would be the largest in the world.
2012 – Apple I computer sells for a record $374,500.
2018 – Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes charged with fraud over company’s blood test.
2020 – In landmark decision Supreme Court rules 6-3 that gay and transgender workers cannot be discriminated against in the workplace.
2022 – Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.76, the largest increase since 1994, in an attempt to control rising inflation.