1812 – War of 1812 begins as US declares war against Britain.
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 Port, Wales.
1934 – US Highway 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.
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 sane.
1961 – CBS radio cancels Gunsmoke.
1968 – Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing.
1973 – Soviet General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev visits the US and President Nixon.
1981 – 17 year old Kimberley Ann Smith of North Carolina, crowned America’s Junior Miss.
1986 – Don Sutton becomes 19th pitcher to win 300 games.
1989 – US Open Men’s Golf, Oak Hill CC: Curtis Strange wins by 3 strokes from Scott Simpson for first back-to-back Open titles since Ben Hogan 1950-51.
1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.
2012 – 2nd Critics’ Choice Television Awards: Community wins Best Comedy Series, Homeland wins Best Drama Series.
2017 – US Open Men’s Golf, Erin Hills GC: Brooks Koepka wins his first major title by 4 strokes from Brian Harman and Hideki Matsuyama.
2018 – President Trump orders US military to set up sixth branch of the military – a space force.
2020 – US Supreme Court rules the Obama era Dreamers Program (DACA), enabling undocumented migrant children ability to study and work, can stay.
2020 – Global COVID-19 death toll passes 450,000 (451,118th) with 8,421,357 cases known according to John Hopkins figures.
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