1856 – Republican Party opens its 1st national convention in Philadelphia.
1863 – Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford chartered (1st accident insurer)
1885 – Statue of Liberty arrives in NYC aboard French ship ‘Isere’
1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner of the SAT.
1915 – US troops under General Pershing march into Mexico.
1932 – Bonus Army: around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the US Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1943 – Player-manager Joe Cronin of Red Sox hits two 3-run pinch home runs.
1946 – Southwest Bell inaugurates mobile telephone commercial service, St. Louis.
1950 – 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
1953 – US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary.
1957 – “So Rare” by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra peaks at #2.
1960 – Ted Williams hits his 500th HR.
1963 – Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools.
1969 – “Oh! Calcutta!” opens in NYC (almost entirely in the nude)
1973 – Dolly Parton records her song “I Will Always Love You” (later a huge hit for Whitney Houston} for RCA in Nashville.
1982 – US President Ronald Reagan’s 1st UN General Assembly address “We must serve mankind through genuine disarmament”
1991 – US Open Golf, Hazeline National GC: Payne Stewart wins a Monday playoff with 1987 champion Scott Simpson.
1991 – Country entertainer Minnie Pearl suffers a stroke a 78.
2008 – First day of legal same-sex marriage in California.
2015 – US Treasury announced that the image of Alexander Hamilton will be replaced from the US $10 bill by an image of a woman.
2017 – Bill Cosby trial for aggravated indecent assault declared a mistrial after jurors couldn’t reach a verdict.