1785 – Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals.
1863 – Organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Battle Creek, Michigan.
1900 – Associated Press News Service forms in NY.
1903 – 1st direct primary election law in US adopted, by Wisconsin.
1911 – NY Public Library building at 5th Avenue dedicated by President Taft.
1922 – Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films.
1934 – American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – Bonnie and Clyde – are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana.
1960 – “Got a Girl” by The Four Preps hits #24.
1962 – Scott Carpenter orbits Earth 3 times in US Aurora 7.
1963 – NBC purchases 1963 AFL championship game TV rights for $926,000.
1966 – The Beatles release “Paperback Writer”
1976 – Amy Alcott wins ’76 LPGA Golf Classic.
1979 – Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1988 – Maryland stops sale of cheap pistols on January 1, 1990.
1984 – Detroit Tigers win AL record tying 16th straight road game.
1990 – Cost of rescuing savings & loan failures is put at up to $130 billion.
1991 – Philadelphia Phillie Tommy Greene (Whiteville, NC native) no-hits Montreal Expos, 2-0.
1992 – US President George H.W. Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees.
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.
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