1792 – US establishes the military draft.
1879 – George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
1886 – Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta sells the first Coca-Cola (contained cocaine)
1906 – Philadelphia A’s pitcher Chief Benders plays outfield & hits 2 HRs.
1919 – 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a navy seaplane.
1926 – A. Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
1935 – Cincinnati Red Ernie Lombardi doubles in 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th, beat Phils 15-4.
1945 – German General Wilhelm Keitel formally surrenders to the Allies represented by the United States, the UK, and the Soviet Union in Berlin.
1950 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Military and Political leader, asks US for weapons.
1951 – Dacron men’s suits introduced.
1958 – US VP Richard Nixon is shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by protesters in Peru.
1963 – JFK offers Israel assistance against aggression.
1967 – Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army.
1973 – Ernie Banks fills in for Cubs manager Whitey Lockman who is ejected during the game, technically becoming baseball’s 1st African American manager.
1980 – World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated.
1989 – US space shuttle STS-30 lands.
1994 – President Clinton announces US will no longer repatriate boat people.
1999 – Nancy Mace becomes the first female cadet to graduate from The Citadel military college.
2018 – President Trump pulls the US out of the multilateral Iran nuclear deal.
2019 – Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp signs new abortion law, the so-called “heart-beat bill” (goes into effect January 2020)
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