1783 – General George Washington, later 1st US President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War.
1824 – Popular presidential vote 1st recorded: Andrew Jackson beats John Quincy Adams.
1859 – Abolitionist John Brown found guilty of murder, conspiring slaves to revolt and treason against Virginia and sentenced to hang.
1867 – Women’s fashion magazine “Harper’s Bazaar” is 1st published.
1889 – North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States.
1907 – US banker J.P. Morgan locks over 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert New York banking crisis.
1934 – MLB All-Star team led by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig starts 18-game tour against Japanese Big-Six University League.
1947 – Ryder Cup Golf, Portland GC: US wins first post WWII event, 11-1; Ben Hogan American captain; Henry Cotton GB skipper.
1947 – Howard Hughes files “Spruce Goose”, a huge wooden airplane for the first and last time.
1948 – US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey.
1954 – Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
1959 – Charles Van Doren confesses that TV quiz show “Twenty One” was fixed.
1960 – New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris beats teammate Mickey Mantle for American League MVP Award, 225-222; second closest vote ever.
1983 – US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
1983 – “Thriller” single released worldwide by Michael Jackson.
1984 – Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
1993 – Dow Jones hits record 3697.64.
2004 – George W. Bush is re-elected as President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate John Kerry.
2016 – Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs’ Baseball World Series win in 108 years.
2017 – Jerome Powell nominated by US President Donald Trump to be next Chair of the Federal Reserve.
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