1893 – Great stock crash on New York stock exchange.
1923 – Capt. Lowell H. Smith and Lt. John P. Richter perform the first ever aerial refueling in a DH-49 biplane.
1929 – 1st color television demonstration, performed by Bell Laboratories in New York City.
1934 – Federal Savings & Loan Association created.
1942 – FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off New York’s Long Island.
1950 – North Korea troops reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict.
1955 – 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted (Illinois)
1957 – Hurricane Audrey kills 526 in Louisiana & Texas.
1959 – Players vote Hank Aaron unanimously for the All-Star game.
1962 – Ross Perot begins Electronic Data Systems.
1971 – US Open Women’s Golf, Kahwa GC: JoAnne Carner wins by 7 strokes from Kathy Witworth.
1974 – TV variety program “The Flip Wilson Show” last airs on NBC-TV after 4 seasons, winning 2 Emmy Awards.
1977 – 5-4 Supreme Court decision allows lawyers to advertise.
1980 – US revives draft registration.
1988 – Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spinks in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City ($67M)
2001 – NBA Draft: Glynn Academy center Kwame Brown first pick by Washington Wizards.
2003 – The United States National Do Not Call Registry, formed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls and administered by the Federal Trade Commission, enrolls almost three quarters of a million phone numbers on its first day.
2008 – Bill Gates steps down as chairman of Microsoft Corporation to work full time for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
2016 – Supreme Court strikes down Texas law restricting abortion 5-3.
2019 – Supreme Court rules the Constitution doesn’t prohibit partisan gerrymandering, allowing a ruling party to redraw electoral boundaries.
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