1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate.
1882 – 17″ hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque, Iowa.
1896 – Temperature hits 127 degrees F at Fort Mojave, California.
1902 – “The Wizard of Oz” musical first opens in Chicago, Illinois.
1903 – Pepsi Cola company forms.
1922 – Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics.
1933 – US Federal Deposit Corporation (FDIC) created.
1941 – 1st US federally owned airport opened, Washington, D.C.
1947 – 1st network news-Dumont’s “News from Washington”
1956 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oak Hill CC: Cary Middlecoff wins his second Open title, 1 stroke ahead or runners-up Julius Boros and Ben Hogan.
1966 – Rowan & Martin host “The Dean Martin Show” Summer Series on NBC-TV.
1975 – US Supreme Court rules uniform minimum legal fees are a violation.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miller and Ed Oates.
1991 – “Fiddler on the Roof” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances.
1991 – Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day.
1995 – Salt Lake City awarded the XIX Winter Olympics in 2002.
2015 – TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for US President at Trump Towers.
2016 – Philadelphia is the first US city to pass a tax on sweetened drinks.
2017 – Amazon announces it is buying Whole Foods for $13.7 billion.
2019 – US Open Men’s Golf, Pebble Beach: American Gary Woodland claims his first major title with a 3-stroke victory over defending champion Books Koepka.
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