1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. The oldest major speedway in the world.
1914 – W.C. Handy, “Father of the Blues,” publishes his most famous composition “St Louis Blues”
1923 – ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York City’s tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower.
1939 – Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on Nazi Germany.
1941 – President Franklin Roosevelt orders the US Navy that any Axis ship found in American waters be shot at on sight.
1944 – A reconnaissance squadron of the US 5th Armored Division “Victory” is the 1st allied force to enter Nazi Germany.
1948 – 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation.
1954 – 1st Miss America TV broadcast; 19-year-old Lee Meriwether of California crowned 27th Miss America.
1959 – Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans.
1965 – The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
1965 – “The Carol Burnett Show” starring Carol Burnett premieres on CBS-TV.
1970 – Ford Motor Company introduces its first North American subcompact model – the Pinto.
1977 – The Atari 2000, originally known as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS), is released in North America, revolutionizing the video game industry.
1982 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlikova 6-3, 6-1.
1985 – Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89, 237.7 million shares traded.
1991 – 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston.
1998 – Independent counsel 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 terrorists crash into New York’s World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and deaths of 2,606 people.
2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
2012 – The United States 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 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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