1812 – War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
1873 – Susan B. Anthony fined $100 for voting for US President.
1898 – 1st amusement pier opens in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1912 – The Chicago national Republican Convention splits between President Taft and Theodore Roosevelt; after Taft is nominated. Roosevelt and progressive elements of the Party form the Progressive Party (also known as the ‘Bull Moose Party’)
1928 – American aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the 1st woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean landing at Burry Point, Wales.
1934 – US Highways planning surveys nationwide authorized.
1942 – Bernard W. Robinson becomes 1st African American ensign in US Navy.
1948 – National Security Council authorizes covert operations for 1st time.
1953 – USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen.
1959 – 1st telecast transmitted from England to US.
1959 – Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital, he responds by having the hospital’s director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sound.
1968 – Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.
1977 – Space Shuttle test model “Enterprise” carries a crew orbit aloft for 1st time, it was fixed to a modified Boeing 747.
1979 – US President Carter and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev sign SALT II treaty limiting nuclear weapons.
1981 – Kimberley Ann Smith, 17 of North Carolina, crowed America’s Junior Miss.
1983 – 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launches Sally Ride as 1st US woman in space.
1990 – Hale Irwin wins US Open Golf Championship.
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
2018 – President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military – a space force.
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