1884 – John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention.
1902 – Target Corporation is founded by American businessman George Dayton as Goodfellow Dry Goods in Minneapolis.
1916 – Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to get a million dollar contract.
1922 – Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas.
1936 – Rookie outfielder Joe DiMaggio ties 3 Major League Baseball records in New York’s 10-run 5th inning against the White Sox, hitting 2 home runs for 8 total bases; Yankees beat Chicago, 18-4.
1946 – 11.72 inches of rainfall at Mellen, Wisconsin (state 24-hour record)
1949 – “Hopalong Cassidy” becomes 1st network western (NBC)
1956 – “Steve Allen Show” returns on NBC-TV.
1957 – The Supreme Court rules that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment in Roth v. United States.
1964 – FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages.
1971 – Warner Bros. releases “McGabe & Mrs. Miller”, a western film by Robert Altman, starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, with songs by Leonard Cohen.
1975 – Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport, New York, kills 113.
1982 – Supreme Court rules that the president can’t be sued for actions in office.
1992 – Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bars Steve Howe from baseball.
1993 – Yale computer science professor Dr. David Gelernter loses the sight in one eye, the hearing in one ear, and part of his right hand after receiving a mail bomb from the Unabomber.
2004 – Capital punishment is declared unconstitutional in New York.
2012 – Female athletes will be allowed to compete for Saudi Arabia at the Olympics for the first time.
2019 – President Donald Trump imposes sanctions on Iran, targeted at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in response to the shooting down of a US drone.
2022 – Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, eliminating constitutional rights to choose abortion, in a 6-3 vote.
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