1835 – P. T. Burnum & his circus begins 1st tour of US.
1857 – James Gibbs of Virginia, patents the chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897.
1901 – Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday (NY)
1913 – 1st strike settlement mediated by US Department of Labor – railroad clerks.
1919 – Pulitzer Prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
1924 – President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act, declaring all Native Americans to be American citizens.
1928 – Kraft, building on the original 1918 design, rolls out Velveeta Cheese.
1935 – Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1952 – Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette.
1962 – Ray Charles’ cover “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You” from his influential crossover album “Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music” hits #1 on Billboard.
1975 – VP Rockefeller finds no pattern of illegal activities at CIA.
1977 – New Jersey allows casino gambling in Atlantic City.
1985 – RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco.
1992 – Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery.
1997 – Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168.
2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!
2015 – US Congress passes new legislation to reform National Security Agency procedures, restricting gathering of phone records.
2017 – “Wonder Woman” directed by Patty Jenkins released, earns over $100 million in North America in its opening weekend – domestic record for a female director.
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