1902 – 140,000 miners of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania go on strike by the United Mine Workers after the owners have refused to recognize the UMW, negotiate or submit to arbitration.
1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefeld.
1917 – 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Khayyam wins in 2:04.6.
1921 – National Hospital Day 1st observed in the United States.
1928 – Second Opium law introduced – International law to control drugs.
1934 – “Cocktails for Two” by Duke Ellington hits #1.
1943 – British premier Winston Churchill arrives in the USA.
1955 – Chicago Cub Sam “Toothpick” Jones is 1st African-American to pitch a no-hitter over Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field, Chicago.
1960 – Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra television special; Elvis sings Sinatra’s 1957 Cy Coleman hit “Witchcraft”, and Frank performs Presley’s 1956 classic “Love Me Tender”
1965 – The Rolling Stones record their smash hit single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1970 – Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run.
1978 – US Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female.
1989 – “Entertainment Tonight” makes its 2,000th TV performance.
1991 – A new cancer drug is announced which can only be found in the bark of a rare tree in the Pacific Northwest.
1996 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, DuPont CC: England’s Laura Davies wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Julie Piers.
2002 – Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
2012 – Songwriter Burt Bacharach and Hal David receive Library of Congress Gershwin Prize at the White House in Washington, D.C.
2013 – PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Tiger Woods wins his second PC, 2 strokes ahead of David Lingmerth, Jeff Marrert and Kevin Streelman.
2019 – Cuba announced more rationing of products such as rice and beans due to US trade embargo and hoarding.
2021 – Republicans vote to demote their No.3 Liz Cheney from party leadership after she publicly rebuked Donald Trump for lies about the election.
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