1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa, and head west for Salt Lake City, carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1869 – Charles E. Hires sells his 1st root beer, in Philadelphia.
1898 – China leases Hong Kong’s new territories to the United Kingdom for 99 years.
1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days.
1923 – Brinks unveils 1st armored security vans.
1930 – Chicago Tribune reporter Jake Lingle is killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by the Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 USD gambling debt owed to Al Capone.
1931 – First rocket-powered aircraft designed patented by Robert Goddard.
1934 – 1st appearance of Donald Duck in a cartoon, “The Wise Little Hen”
1943 – “Pay-as-you-go” (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized.
1945 – Warner Bros cartoon “A Gruesome Twosome” starring Tweety premieres in USA.
1954 – Joseph Welch asks US Senator Joseph McCarthy “Have you no sense of decency, sir?” during Senate-Army hearings.
1958 – “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley hits #1.
1970 – Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton University.
1972 – 14″ of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City, SD dam, drowns 237.
1980 – 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn.
1991 – Senior Players Championship Men’s Golf, TPC of Michigan: Jim Albus wins his only career major title by 3 strokes from New Zealander Bob Charles, Charles Coody and Dave Hill.
2010 – Stanley Cup Final, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA: Chicago Blackhawks edge Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3 in OT for a 4-2 series win; first Championship for Chicago since 1961.
2013 – Edward Snowden publicity makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents.
2017 – Tennis player Venus Williams is involved in a car accident that leads to death of another passenger in Palm Beach, Florida; police later clear her of fault.
2019 – Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot while visiting in his native Dominican Republic.
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