1691 – Massachusetts Bay Colony granted new charter.
1787 – US constitution adopted by Philadelphia convention.
1859 – Joshua Abraham Norton, English-born resident of San Francisco, proclaims himself his Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States of America.
1861 – First class for escaped slaves taught by Mary Peake at Fortress Monroe, Virginia (now Hampton University)
1872 – Phillip W. Pratt patents his sprinkler system for extinguishing fires.
1873 – 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State University.
1908 – Thomas Selfridge becomes first fatality of powered flight.
1911 – 1st transcontinental airplane flight, NY-Pasadena in 82 hours, 4 minutes.
1920 – National Football League organizes in Canton, Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association.
1931 – 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, NYC), venture failed.
1947 – Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News.
1955 – “Ankles Aweigh” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 176 performances.
1962 – US space officials announce selection of 9 new astronauts.
1972 – “M*A*S*H,” premieres on NBC TV.
1986 – US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice.
1987 – Pope John Paul II arrives in San Francisco, meets with AIDS patients, and embraces and AIDS infected child.
1989 – Hurricane Hugo kills 85 in Charleston, SC.
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, NY.
2010 – The 54 year run of the soap opera As the World Turns ends as its final episode is broadcast.
2015 – US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports 2015 Northern Hemisphere summer hottest on record.
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