1868 – “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published in America by Roberts Brothers of Boston.
1885 – Special delivery mail service begins in the US.
1903 – First baseball World Series game. Pittsburgh Pirates beat Boston Americans 7-3 at Huntington Avenue; Jimmy Sebring hits first home run; Deacon Phillippe is winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.
1907 – A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar. President Theodore Roosevelt later calls on financier J.P. Morgan to help manage the financial crisis.
1908 – Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825)
1921 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Inwood CC: Walter Hagen beats former champion Jim Barnes of England 3 & 2; Hagan’s third major title.
1931 – The second (and current) Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.
1939 – Winston Churchill calls Russia a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”
1947 – 1st helicopter air mail & express service, Los Angeles, California.
1955 – Jackie Gleason’s sitcom “The Honeymooners” debuts on CBS, replacing his variety series. Production ends after 39 episodes.
1957 – First appearance of “In God We Trust” on U.S. paper currency.
1961 – New York Yankees right fielder Roger Maris becomes Major League Baseball’s all-time single-season home run leader when he passes Babe Ruth’s mark with No. 61 off Boston rookie Tracy Stallard in 1-0 win at Yankee Stadium.
1964 – WWAY-TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1971 – Walt Disney World opens in Bay Lake, Florida.
1984 – Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury comic strip resumes after a 2-year hiatus.
1994 – NHL owners begin lockout of players lasting 103 days; season shortened to 48 games instead of 84; players seek collective bargaining and owners a salary cap.
2000 – The United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in the Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia.
2013 – A partial federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending.
2017 – Stephen Paddock shoots dead 58 people, injuring 489, at a concert in Las Vegas in the deadliest mass shooting in American history.
2021 – US COVID-19 death toll passes 700,000, with daily deaths averaging 1,900 a day.
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