1888 – Baseball poem “Casey at the Bat” 1st published by the San Francisco Examiner.
1911 – “Come Josephine in My Flying Machine” recorded by Fred Fisher and Alfred Bryan, sung by Ada Bryan and Billy Murray, hits #1.
1925 – Goodyear airship “Pilgrim” is the first to have an enclosed cabin.
1932 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman Lou Gehrig first to hit 4 consecutive home runs in a Major League Baseball game: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia A’s 20-13 at Shibe Park.
1939 – “Beer Barrel Polka” by Will Glahe hits #1 on the pop singles chart.
1946 – 1at bikini bathing suit displayed in Paris.
1955 – Stan Musial hits his 300th home run.
1959 – 1st Air Force Academy graduation in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1965 – 1st US Space walk made by NASA astronaut Ed White during the Gemini 4 mission (23 minutes)
1968 – Poor Peoples March in Washington, D.C.
1976 – US presented with oldest known copy of Magna Carta.
1977 – US and Cuba talk about diplomatic relations.
1985 – Milwaukee Brewers draft North Carolina catcher B.J. Surhoff #1.
1989 – Sportscasting legend Vin Scully broadcast 23 innings in two different cities in one day.
1991 – MLB Draft: East Carteret High School pitcher Brien Taylor first pick by New York Yankees.
1995 – 1st Blockbuster Entertainment Awards held at Pantages Theatre, Hollywood.
2003 – Danielle Steel’s novel “Sunset in St. Tropez” is published.
2012 – Tiger Woods claims his 73rd PGA Tour victory with a 2 stroke win over Andres Romero & Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournment at Muirfield Villlage GC; equals Jack Nicklaus’ record.
2019 – Apple announces it is shutting down iTunes and replacing it with three different apps.
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