1873 – Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time.
1882 – 6″ of snow falls in eastern Iowa.
1900 – Associated Press News Service forms in NY.
1911 – NY Public Library at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft.
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Film.
1934 – American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – Bonnie and Clyde – are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana.
1948 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder Joe DiMaggio hits 3 consecutive HRs as the New York Yankees edge the Indians, 6-5 at Cleveland Stadium.
1956 – World Trade Center dedicated in Ferry Building, San Francisco.
1962 – Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7.
1966 – The Beatles release “Paperback Writer”
1977 – US Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman & John Mitchell.
1984 – Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game.
1985 – President Ronald Reagan awards Jimmy Stewart the Presidential Medal of Freedom and promotes him to Major General on the Retired List.
1990 – Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 million.
1991 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene of Whiteville, N.C., no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0.
2006 – 41st Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Keith Urban win.
2017 – US President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis at the Vatican.
2018 – NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations.
2019 – More than 170 tornadoes reported in a week in US states of Missouri, Oklahoma and Iowa, killing seven and causing widespread damage.
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