1825 – Unseasonable hurricane hits NYC.
1896 – Henry Ford takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit.
1912 – Massachusetts passes 1st US minimum wage law.
1917 – American men begin registering for the draft.
1927 – 1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worchester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9 1/2 – 2 1/2: Walter Hagan first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper.
1934 – Dr. Frederick Banting, co-discoverer of insulin, is knighted.
1942 – Capitol Record Co. opens for business.
1945 – US, Soviet Union, Britain and France agree to divide up occupied Germany.
1953 – Pittsburgh Pirates trade outfielder Ralph Kiner & Joe Garagiola to Chicago Cubs.
1961 – US President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev meet at the Vienna Summit in Austria.
1964 – LA Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax tosses his 3rd career no-hitter, beats Phillies, 3-0 in Philadelphia.
1973 – A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.
1975 – Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina.
1984 – 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
1984 – 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers.
1990 – Greyhound Bus files for bankruptcy.
1995 – 8th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000.
2016 – French Open Women’s Tennis: Carbine Muguruza of Spain beats Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 to claim her 1st Grand Slam.
2018 – US President Donald Trump tweets “I have the absolute right to PARDON myself”
2019 – Professional gambler James Holzhauer’s 32-game winning streak ends on “Jeopardy” just short of Ken Jenning’s record $2.52m earnings.
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