1885 – Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of Battle Creek, Michigan files application for patent for “flaked cereal, and process of making same”, controversially excluding his younger brother Will Keith Kellogg.
1893 – Whitcomb Judson of Chicago patents a hookless fastening (zipper)
1913 – 17th amendment (direct election of senators) declared ratified.
1919 – NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic.
1929 – Atlantic City Convention Center opens.
1941 – 1st edition of “Parade” goes on sale.
1943 – “Archie” comic strip 1st broadcast on radio.
1949 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Hermitage CC: Sam Snead beats fellow American Johnny Palmer, 3&2.
1961 – President John F. Kennedy visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
1967 – Indianapolis 500: A.J. Foyt weaves his way through a pileup on the final lap to win his third Indy 500; first indy 500 win for Goodyear tires since 1919.
1977 – Trans-Alaska oil pipeline completed, one of the world’s largest pipeline systems.
1983 – 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep LA Lakers in 4 games.
1992 – 5th Children’s Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,060,000.
2005 – Mark Felt, former FBI high ranking official, revealed as “Deep Throat” source during Watergate investigation in “Vanity Fair” article.
2013 – First tornado chaser to be killed by a tornado; Tim Samara and two others killed by El Peno tornado in Oklahoma, the widest ever recorded at 2.6 miles.
2018 – Kim Kardashian West meets President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss prison reform.
2019 – Disgruntled employee shoots and kills 12 people at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
2019 – President Donald Trump threatens to impose extra 5% tax on Mexican goods if country does not increase efforts to curb immigration.
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