1917 – Congress passes Selective Service Act, authorizing the federal government to raise a national army for the American entry into World War I through compulsory enlistment.
1917 – First units of the American Expeditionary Force, commanded by General John J. Pershing, are ordered to France.
1927 – One of the largest-known fast-moving landslides forms on Lower Slide Lake in Gros Ventre, Wyoming.
1933 – Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, to build dams.
1934 – Trans-World Airlines (TWA) begins commercial business.
1942 – New York City ends night baseball games for the rest of World War II.
1945 – Major League Baseball’s Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain.
1951 – General J. Lawton Collins predicts use of atom bombs in Korea.
1956 – Mickey Mantle hits a home run from both sides of the plate for a record third time.
1963 – “If you Wanna Be Happy” by Jimmy Soul hits #1.
1974 – Novelty song “The Streak” by Ray Stevens hits #1.
1980 – Eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington state triggers the largest landslide in history, killing 57 people and causing over $1 billion in damage.
1990 – Chicago Cubs’ Ryne Sandberg ends second baseman record 123 errorless game streak.
1994 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip.
1998 – United States v. Microsoft: The United States Department of Justice and 20 U.S. states file antitrust case against Microsoft.
2001 – Saudi Arabia selects the eight foreign companies to take part in its “Gas Initiative,” three core venture gas projects, that have an anticipated worth of $25 billion.
2008 – “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” directed by Steven Speilberg, starring Harrison Ford, and produced by George Lucas’ Lucasfilms, premiers at the Cannes Film Festival.
2018 – Santa Fe High School shooting: 17 year-old shooter kills 10 and injures 10 in Santa Fe, Texas.
2023 – Final Indiana Jones film “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” premieres at the Cannes Film Festival, starring Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, directed by James Mangold and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
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