1862 – General B. Butler orders William Mumford hanged after he removed and destroyed US flag on display over New Orleans Mint.
1887 – Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington, D.C.
1912 – US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane.
1917 – Melvin Jones and a number of other Chicago businessmen found Lions Club International, now the largest service organization in the world.
1936 – Charles “Lucky” Luciano is convicted on 62 counts of compulsory prostitution.
1938 – The Douglas DC-4E makes its 1st test flight.
1941 – US Open Men’s Golf, Colonial CC, Fort Worth: In sweltering heat, Craig Wood wins by 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Denny Shute.
1946 – US Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel.
1953 – 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Massachusetts)
1955 – “$64,000 Question” premieres on CBS-TV.
1965 – Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits.
1965 – Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995.
1968 – Sirhan Sirhan indicted for the assassination of US Senator Bobby Kennedy.
1969 – “Johnny Cash Show” debuts on ABC-TV.
1972 – Musical “Grease” opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 3,388 performances.
1975 – “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” by John Denver hits #1.
1982 – US President Ronald Reagan meets with Pope John Paul II at Vatican City, Rome and later Queen Elizabeth II.
1993 – Cleveland breaks ground for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
2004 – “Live Like You Were Dying” single released by Tim McGraw (Grammy Award Best Song of 2004, Billboard Song of the Year 2004)
2018 – Baltimore ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins, head of a rogue police unit sentenced to 25 years for robbery and racketeering.
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