1885 – Baseball sets all players salaries at $1,000 – $2,000 for 1885 season.
1904 – Bank of Italy (Bank of America), founded by Amadeo Giannini, opens its doors in San Francisco.
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is created as a subsidiary of General Electric.
1933 – Albert Einstein arrives in US as a refugee from Nazi Germany.
1955 – Lee Merriwether joins Today Show panel.
1956 – “Around the World in 80 Days”, based on book by Jules Verne, directed by Michael Anderson and starring David Nivon and Cantinflas, premieres in New York.
1957 – Musical film “Jailhouse Rock” starring Elvis Presley premieres in Memphis, Tennessee.
1960 – US & Britain sign an accord granting US access to the British nuclear submarine based in Holy Loch, Scotland.
1963 – The Beatles record “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at EMI Studios in London.
1968 – US men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of Zac Zorn, Stephen Rerych, Ken Wash & Mark Spitz swim world record 3:31.7 to outclass the Soviet Union & Australia and win the gold medal at the Mexican City Olympics.
1971 – Chuck Berry’s “My Ding-a-Ling,” is #1.
1978 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees repeat as champions; beat LA, 7-2 at Dodger Stadium for 4-2 series victory; MVP: NY shortstop Bucky Dent.
1986 – US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982.
1988 – Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft.
1989 – Earthquake in San Francisco (6.9) cancels 3rd game of World Series, kills 67.
1996 – MLB National League Championship: Atlanta Braves beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 3.
2006 – The United States population reaches 100 million.
2017 – George Soros announces he has donated $18 billion to his grantmaking network the Open Society Foundations.
2019 – Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s acting chief of staff, says the White House withheld nearly $400 million in military aid from Ukraine to further Trump’s own political interest.
2020 – Chicago declared the “rattiest city” in America for the sixth year in a row by pest control service Orkin.
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