1910 – United States’ 1st known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD.
1914 – Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager.
1928 – Katharine Hepburn’s NYC stage debut in “Night Hostess”
1935 – Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph.
1940 – 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ).
1944 – US Army troops enter Germany for 1st time.
1947 – Pittsburgh’s future Baseball Hall of Fame left fielder Ralph Kiner hits 2 HRs in Pirates’ 4-3 win over the Boston Braves at Forbes Field;; record 8th HR in 4 games.
1958 – US Supreme Court orders the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate.
1959 – “Bonanza” premieres on NBC-TV.
1960 – John F. Kennedy says he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Church, and neither does the Church speak for him.
1970 – US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail.
1978 – Situation comedy “Taxi” premieres on ABC television starring Judd Hirsch, Jeff Conaway, Danny DeVito.
1981 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Tracy Austin wins her second US title; beats Martina Navratilova 1-6, 7-6, 7-6.
1984 – Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident.
1990 – US, United Kingdom, France, USSR, East & West Germany signs agreement allowing 2 Germanys to merge.
1992 – Mae Jemison is the 1st African American woman to go into space (aboard Endeavour STS-47)
1999 – Farm Aid 12 held in Bristow, Virginia; performers include Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Mathews Band, Susan Tedeschi, Deana Carter and Barenaked Ladies.
2005 – The bodies of more than 40 patients discovered in a flooded hospital in New Orleans.
2009 – The 9-12 Project organized multiple marches and demonstrations across the USA to protest government spending.
2012 – Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and IOS 6.
2017 – Apple unveils premium iPhone X costing $999, along with iPhone 8.
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