1691 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter.
1787 – The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention.
1819 – First whaling ship arrives in Hawaii.
1858 – Joshua Abraham Norton, English-born resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America.
1872 – Phillip W Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires.
1911 – 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hours, 4 minutes.
1920 – National Football League is born in Canton, Ohio; 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association;
re-named the NFL in 1922.
1931 – 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), ventured failed.
1943 – Load of “ammunition in transit” explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station.
1953 – 1st successful separation of Siamese (conjoined) twins.
1956 – Yanks clinch pennant #22 on Mantle’s 50th homer of year.
1961 – “Car 54, Where are You?” premieres on US TV.
1962 – US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts.
1978 – Anwar Sadat, Menchem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel.
1981 – Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season.
1987 – Philadelphia celebrates 200th anniversary of Constitution.
1989 – Hurricane Hugo begins 4 day sweep through Caribbean, killing 62.
2001 – Major trading markets in the United States, including the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), reopen for the first time since September 11.
2007 – AOL, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York City.
2015 – US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 2015 Northern Hemisphere summer hottest on record.
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