1809 – Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent for weaving straw.
1865 – 1st US train robbery (North Bend, Ohio)
1893 – Panic of 1893 causes a large crash on the NY Stock Exchange.
1904 – Cy Young pitches the first perfect game in “modern” baseball as the Boston Americans beat Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.
1916 – US Marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924.
1921 – Perfume Chanel No. 5 released by fashion designer Coco Chanel.
1835 – Jesse Owens of US sets long jump record at 26′ 8 1/2 inches.
1942 – US begins rationing sugar during WW II.
1948 – 1st squadron of jet aircraft aboard a carrier.
1955 – “Damn Yankees” opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1022 performances.
1961 – Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
1965 – First large scale US army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
1973 – 99th Kentucky Derby; Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4 – fastest Kentucky Derby ever.
1986 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundations announce Cleveland, Ohio choses as the site of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.
1997 – “Married With Children” final episode on Fox TV.
2017 – Anna Wintour, the editor of US Vogue, is made a dame by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.
2018 – Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover releases the music video to new single “This is America” to wide acclaim.
2018 – Electric cigarette explodes killing a man in St. Petersburg, Florida, first death from a vaping product.
2020 – Global confirms cases of COVID-19 reach 3.65 million, US cases pass 70,000 while the UK becomes the most affected in Europe with 29,427 known deaths.
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