1608 – John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Virginia.
1776 – George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers.
1846 – Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine.
1897 – Lattimer Massacre – a sheriff’s posse kills twenty unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, USA.
1910 – Great Idaho fire destroys 3 million acres of timber.
1913 – Lincoln highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
1919 – NYC welcomes home General John J. Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers.
1932 – Independent City owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) opens in NYC.
1953 – Swanson sells its 1st “TV dinner”
1966 – Neil Diamond’s 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)
1969 – US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley, Colorado.
1976 – 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, NY.
1980 – MLB Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18 in a game.
1984 – Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Oklahoma.
1984 – First episode of daily syndicated version of Jeopardy with Alex Trebek as host.
1990 – Hard Rock Café opens in Las Vegas, Nevada.
1992 – 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced.
1997 – Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
2012 – Teachers in Chicago strike effecting 350,000 students.
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