1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called “The Regulators”, occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
1866 – Congress authorizes the nickel 5 cent piece (replaces silver half-dime)
1903 – 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip began in San Francisco by George A. Wyman (arrives in New York July 6)
1914 – American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City.
1925 – 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6.
1927 – US Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax.
1938 – 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta, Ga)
1939 – Food stamps are 1st issued in Rochester, New York.
1946 – Irving Berlin, Dorothy and Herbert Fields’ musical “Annie Get Your Gun” starring Ethel Merman and featuring “There’s No Business Like Show Business” opens at Imperial Theater, New York City.
1952 – “New Faces of 1952” opens at Royale Theater, New York City; runs for 365 performances.
1954 – Ted Williams gets 8 hits in doubleheader in his 1st games since breaking collarbone.
1963 – Gordon Cooper completes 22 orbits in Faith 7, ends Project Mercury.
1971 – 1st class postage stamps now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
1977 – 5 die as NY Airway helicopter topples on Pan Am building in New York City.
1985 – Michael Jordan named NBA Rookie of Year.
1992 – Presidential polls show H. Ross Perot, George H.W. Bush & Bill Clinton could be in a deadlock.
1996 – Sammy Sosa is 1st Chicago Cub to hit 2 home runs in 1 inning.
2002 – “Star Wars: Episode ll – Attack of the Clones” directed by George Lucas, starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen and Natelie Portman, opens in cinemas.
2013 – Bill Gates regains his position as the world’s richest man with $72.7 billion after losing the position in 2008.
2019 – Brooks Koepka fires tournament record equaling, and course record 63 (-7) to lead the PGA Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round at Bethpage Black, NY.
2020 – 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy.
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