1789 – George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1866 – J Osterhoudt patents tin can with key opener.
1871 – Brigham Young, Mormon leader, arrested for bigamy.
1872 – Morgan State University founded.
1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1904 – White Sox left-hander Doc White’s streak of 45 consecutive MLB scoreless innings is snapped by the New York Highlanders in Chicago; White Sox win, 7-1 at South Side Park.
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1936 – 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas.
1950 – 1st strip of Charlie Brown, “Li’l Folks”, later “Peanuts”, by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 papers.
1960 – Mickey Wright becomes first player in LPGA Tour history to average fewer than 74 strokes per round to win the Vare Trophy after a season average of 73.25; first of 5 consecutive Vare Trophies for Wright.
1967 – Groundbreaking begins on Veteran’s Stadium in Philadelphia.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall sworn is as 1st black Supreme Court Justice.
1970 – 14 members of the Wichita State University Football team as well as 17 administrators and supporters are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains.
1979 – Pope Paul II visits New York City, and at the U.N. denounces all concentration camps and torture.
1984 – Richard Miller becomes 1st (former) FBI agent to be charged with espionage.
1990 – US Senate votes 90-9 to confirm David Souter’s appointment to Supreme Court.
2001 – Cubs right fielder Sammy Sosa becomes first player in MLB history to total 60 home runs in three seasons: Chicago slugger connects off Reds starter Lance Davis to reach milestone in 5-4 loss.
2005 – The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
2013 – 8 people are killed and 44 are injured after an accident involving an SUV, church bus, and tractor trailer in Jefferson County, Tennessee.
2017 – US scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young awarded Nobel Peace Prize for physiology or medicine for work on the body clock.
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