1786 – Commercially made ice cream 1st advertised (Mr. Hall, NYC)
1861 – US Sanitary commission is given executive approval.
1899 – 39th British Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 310 at Royal St George’s Golf Club.
1917 – Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School.
1928 – 1st US-to-Australia flight lands (Sir Charles Kingford)
1942 – Bing Crosby records “Silent Night”
1948 – “Milton Berle Show” premiers on NBC TV.
1953 – Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court.
1956 – Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr. killed by another USAF airman in Vietnam becoming the first American killed in the Vietnam War.
1958 – 4th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright.
1961 – Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
1962 – Jim Beatty runs world record 2 mile (8:29.8)
1969 – “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” last airs on CBS-TV.
1969 – Mickey Mantle Day, 60,096 saw #7 retired.
1969 – President Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August.
1978 – Nevada jury rules Howard Hughes “Mormon Will” is a forgery.
1981 – 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters.
1991 – Victory parade following success in the Gulf War is held in Washington, D.C.
2014 – Couple ambush a restaurant in Las Vegas killing 2 police officers, a civilian and themselves.
2017 – Ex-FBI chief James Comey testifies to a US Senate committee that US President Donald Trump told “lies plain and simple”
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