1846 – Telegraph line opens between Philadelphia and Baltimore.
1876 – Bananas become popular in US, at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia.
1884 – William Sherman refuses Republican presidential nomination saying “I will not accept if nominated & will not serve if elected”.
1902 – 42nd British Golf Open: Sandy Herd shoots a 307 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.
1912 – US marines invade Caimanera, Cuba.
1927 – Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record.
1933 – The US drops the Gold Standard when Congress enacts a joint resolution nullifying creditors right to demand payment in gold.
1937 – Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week.
1940 – A synthetic rubber tire exhibited in Akron, Ohio by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
1942 – USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania.
1950 – US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation.
1957 – NY narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes.
1964 – Davie Jones & King Bees debut “I Can’t Help Thinking About Me”, group disbands by David Jones goes on to success as David Bowie.
1965 – “Wooly Bully” by Sam the Sham & Pharaohs hits #2.
1974 – A’s Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in clubhouse fight in Detroit.
1982 – Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle.
1989 – 23rd Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton & Randy Travis win.
2001 – U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords leaves the Republican Party, an act which shifts control of the United States Senate from the Republicans to the Democratic Party.
2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall on the upper-Texas coastline as a strong tropical storm and dumps large amounts of rain over Houston. The storm caused $5.5 billion in damages, making Allison the costliest tropical storm in U.S. history.
2013 – The first article based on NSA leaked documents by Edward Snowden are published by the Guardian Newspaper in the UK.
2017 – Puerto Rico declares its Zika virus epidemic over.
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