1847 – 1st singing of Stephen Foster’s “Oh! Susanna” (in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
1903 – The first race of The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. The oldest major speedway in the world.
1912 – Philadelphia second baseman Eddie Collins steals MLB record 6 bases in the Athletics’ 9-7 win over Detroit Tigers at Navin Field.
1919 – US Marines again send troops to Honduras.
1940 – Buckingham Palace damaged by German bombs.
1941 – FDR orders Navy that any Axis ship found in American waters be shot at on sight.
1946 – 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation.
1950 – Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence.
1959 – Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans.
1964 – Gillette’s 20 year contract with Madison Square Garden & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleve Auditorium.
1970 – The Ford Pinto is introduced.
1976 – US Open Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: Chris Evert retains her title; dominates Evonne Goolagong Cawley of Australia 6-3, 6-0.
1985 – Pete Rose of Cincinnati Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres; eclipsing Ty Cobb’s record.
1986 – Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded.
1998 – Independent Ken Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
2001 – Two passenger planes hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorist crash into New York’s World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and deaths of 2,606 people
2001 – Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people.
2001 – Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board.
2012 – The US is warned by Moody’s that its AAA credit rating is at risk if lawmakers fail to produce a long-term debt reduction plan.
2017 – Hurricane Irma leaves 7 million US homes without power in Florida and Georgia.
2018 – “Fear: Trump in the White House” by Bob Woodward is published by Simon and Schuster.
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