1863 – Patent granted for a process of making color photographs.
1904 – III Summer (Modern) Olympic Games close in St. Louis.
1909 – Wright Brothers form million dollar corporation to manufacture airplanes.
1921 – President Warren G. Harding signs Willis Campbell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes.
1936 – First issue of Life picture magazine created by Henry R. Luce published.
1942 – US Coast Guard Women’s Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized.
1945 – Most US wartime rationing of foods, including meat & butter, ends.
1947 – Washington Redskins quarterback Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chicago Cardinals in a 45-21 victory.
1954 – For the first time, the Dow Jones Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
1960 – Tiros 2, a weather satellite, is launched.
1964 – Beatles release single “I Feel Fine” & “She’s a Woman.”
1975 – Bob Thomas of Chicago Bears kicks 55-yard field goal.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan vetoes House joint Resolution 357 which called for further appropriations for fiscal year 1982.
1988 – President Ronald Reagan announces that he is pocket-vetoing a bill designed to further restrict lobbying by former federal employees.
2001 – 53rd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins.
2014 – Republicans condemn President Barack Obama’s use of executive powers to force through immigration reform.
2018 – Phil Mickelson claims $9 million winner-take-all prize in dramatic match play golf duel with Tiger Woods, finishing under floodlights in Las Vegas. Match goes to 22nd hole before Mickelson sinks 4-foot putt for rich victory.
2021 – NASA launches its DART Mission to test technology to prevent future impact on earth by hazardous asteroid by deliberately crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid (in a real life echo of the movie Armageddon).
2022 – Russia steps up airstrikes on Ukraine, with widespread power outages across the country and Moldova. Kyiv 80% without power or water.