1776 – Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to Continental Congress.
1820 – Tomato is proven to be non-poisonous by Colonel Robert Gibbon, eating a tomato on steps of courthouse in Salem, New Jersey.
1894 – Labor Day established as a holiday for US federal employees.
1902 – US buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million.
1924 – Tornado strikes Sandusky and Lorain, Ohio, killing 93.
1935 – President Franklin Roosevelt orders a federal gold vault to be built at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
1951 – “Amos ‘n’ Andy” premieres on CBS TV.
1957 – Cincinnati Reds’ fans stuff ballot box, electing 8 Reds as All Star starters.
1965 – 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1968 – Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking the “Pentagon Papers” to the New York Times.
1975 – Reigning PGA Championship winner Lee Trevino along with Jerry Heard, Bobby Nichols, Jim Ahern and Tony Jacklin are struck by lightning at Western Open; suffer minor burns.
1976 – 1st woman was admitted to Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1983 – NASA launches Galaxy-A.
1992 – 2 earthquakes, including the 3rd strongest in the US (7.4), rock California.
1993 – Carlton Fisk, 45, released by the Chicago White Sox as all-time leader of most games caught and most home runs by a catcher.
1996 – The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
2017 – “Spider-man: Homecoming” directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr. premieres in Los Angeles.
2018 – Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine.
2022 – Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in US federal prison for grooming and aiding Jeffery Epstein to abuse underage girls.
2022 – In dramatic testimony to the January 6 Committee hearing, a senior White House aide testifies President Donald Trump wanted to march to the Capitol and was furious when he couldn’t.
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