1768 – First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
1864 – Helena, Montana’s capital, founded.
1873 – P T Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts (New York City)
1894 – Daniel Cooper patents time clock.
1905 – George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs Warren’s Profession” premieres in NYC.
1942 – US aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea.
1945 – US government announces end of shoe rationing.
1945 – Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas.
1953 – Dr. Albert Schweitzer & Gen. George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize.
1954 – US Defense Department announces elimination of all racially segregated regiments.
1972 – Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago, Illinois.
1972 – Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award.
1974 – Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award winner.
1976 – Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show.
1988 – 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share $61.38 million California lotto jackpot.
1989 – Smith Dairy at Orrville, Ohio makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gallons)
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on Internet.
1996 – Exxon confirms that it is in talks with state-owned Qatar General Petroleum Corporation concerning the application of new technology to convert natural gas to petroleum products.
2017 – President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.