1816 – American Bible Society forms in New York
1907 – A derailment outside Lompoc, California kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot.
1918 – 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8.
1924 – Pulitzer Prize awarded to Robert Frost (New Hampshire)
1938 – General Electric opens 1st TV station in Schenectady, New York.
1945 – US Marines conquer Awatsha Draw, Okinawa.
1947 – BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron, Ohio)
1951 – American engineer Jay Forrester applies for patent for computer core memory.
1959 – “Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb” by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4.
1963 – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Sandy Koufax throws his second career no-hitter; beats Juan Marichal and the San Francisco Giants, 8-0.
1965 – Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National Monument.
1967 – 100 millionth US phone connected.
1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg has his charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times dismissed.
1980 – Pete Rose, 39, steals second, third, & home in one inning for the Philadelphia Phillies.
1989 – President George H.W. Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama.
1994 – Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s musical “Grease” opens at Eugene O’Neill Theater in New York City: runs for 1,503 performances.
2000 – India’s population officially reaches 1 billion – Astha Arora named India’s billionth baby.
2008 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Sergio Garcia of Spain claims the biggest win of his career to date in a sudden-death playoff over American Paul Goydos.
2018 – Most popular names in the US for 2017 revealed as Emma for girls, Liam for boys.
2021 – First major US offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts approved by the Biden administration.
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