1892 – Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup.
1900 – 6th US Golf Open: Harry Vardon shoots a 313 at Chicago GC III.
1905 – Orville and Wilbur Wright’s “Flyer III” flight 38.5 km in 38.3″.
1914 – World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1923 – Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star.
1924 – 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News.
1931 – Paul Green’s “House of Connelly” premieres in NYC.
1945 – “Meet the Press” premieres on radio.
1947 – Harry Truman makes the 1st Presidential address televised from the White House.
1950 – “Pardon Our French” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel forms in the Caribbean, killing 400-1000 people in the Bahamas and Haiti.
1962 – “Dr. No”, 1st James Bond film based on the novel by Ian Fleming and starring Sean Connery and Ursula Andress, premieres in London.
1963 – Little Richard joins Everly Brothers Tour.
1970 – PBS becomes a US television network.
1990 – “Henry and June” film, based on the book by Anais Nin, first film to be given an NC-17 rating in the US, released.
1994 – 28th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill & Pam Tillis wins.
2001 – Robert Stevens becomes the first victim in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
2007 – “Michael Clayton”, starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, and Tilda Swinton, is released.
2015 – Floods in South Carolina a “1,000-year storm” results in 12 deaths and 9 dams to fail.
2015 – Governor Jerry Brown of California signs a bill giving terminally ill patients the “right to die”
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