1880 – University of California founded in Los Angeles.
1915 – Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado & Utah is established.
1926 – Dahlia is officially designated as San Francisco city flower.
1931 – Dick Tracy comic strip by Chester Gould debuts.
1933 – Esquire magazine is 1st published.
1949 – United Nations’ permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated.
1958 – Transatlantic commercial jet passenger service began (BOAC)
1964 – Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in Louisiana, Mississippi, & Georgia.
1969 – Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach.
1970 – Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft. TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1970 – Major league umpires return after 1-day walkout in quest of higher wages.
1975 – A Cessna 3100 airplane crashes in Wilmington, N.C., killing the pilot and severely injuring several pro wrestlers affiliated with the NWA’s Mid-Atlantic promotion. One of the survivors is the legendary Ric Flair.
1976 – US Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after telling a racial joke.
1976 – Supreme Court lifts 1972 ban on death penalty for convicted murderers.
1985 – Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts,
1995 – Jim Leyritz homers with a man on base in 15th inning to give Yankees 2-0 Division Series lead over Mariners.
1997 – Second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, N.C. office of Loomis, Fargo and Company with $17.3 in cash taken.
2006 – WikiLeaks is launched, created by internet activist Julian Assange.
2011 – US State Department lists Abu Bakr al-Baghdadl (ISIL) as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist with a $10 million reward for information leading to his capture.
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