1620 – The Mayflower reaches Cape Cod and explores the coast.
1805 – Lewis and Clark expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, first European Americans to cross the west.
1872 – E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first U.S. patent for the first ‘calculator’, an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals.
1911 – NY receives first Marconi wireless transmission from Italy.
1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures, the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers.
1939 – Comic superheroes Flash (as Jay Garrick) and Hawkman (Carter Hall) first appear in “Flash Comics No.1” published by DC.
1944 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
1951 – Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday.
1953 – US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport, not a business.
1959 – Ford Motors cancels its poorly received Edsel model.
1961 – Houston’s George Blanda passes for 7 touchdowns vs NY Titans (49-13)
1965 – Kellogg’s Pop Tarts pastries created.
1973 – New York stock market takes sharpest drop in 19 years.
1980 – CBS TV bans Calvin Klein jean ad featuring Brooke Shields.
1985 – US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for first time.
1985 – In the largest civil verdict in US history, Pennzoil wins $10.53 billion judgement against Texaco.
1996 – Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox.
2017 – Martin Truex, Jr., driving for Furniture Row Racing, wind Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Florida to claim Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series by 5 points from Kyle Busch.
2018 – Ivanka Trump sent “hundred” of emails from her personal account about government business according to Washington Post report.
2019 – LeBron James hits 25 points, 11 rebounds & 10 assists as LA Lakers’ beat Oklahoma City Thunder, 112-107 to become first player in NBA history to record a triple-double against all 30 franchises.
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