1893 – The first gasoline powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts.
1904 – Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II.
1913 – US Open Men’s Golf, The Country Club: 20-year old amateur Francis Ouimet wins his only Open title in an 18-hole playoff, 5 strokes ahead of Briton’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray.
1922 – St. Louis Cardinals future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Rogers Hornsby ends hitting streak of 33 games.
1939 – Emlyn Williams’ semi-autobiographical comedic play “Corn is Green,” premieres in London; runs for 600 performances.
1946 – Winston Churchill argues for a ‘United States of Europe’
1955 – Willie Mays is 7th player to reach 59 home runs in a season.
1962 – Mississippi Governor Ross Bennett to admit an African-American, James Meredith, to University of Mississippi.
1968 – Mickey Mantle hits final career homer No. 536.
1969 – Virtual ‘cartoon’ band Archies’ single “Sugar Sugar” hits No. 11.
1973 – Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in a battle-of-sexes tennis match.
1979 – Lee Iacocca is elected president of the Chrysler Corporation.
1985 – Walt Disney World’s welcomes 200-millionth guest.
1989 – USAir overshoots runway at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, 2 people die.
1992 – Space Shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands.
2001 – In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, President George W. Bush declares a “war on terror.”
2010 – The National Bureau of Economic Research states that the United States left the recession in June 2009, with managing director Lakshman Achuthan of the Economic Cycle Research Institute saying GDP recovered to 70% of the pre-recession level.
2017 – Federal Reserve says it will start to unwind its board portfolio employed in the wake of the financial crisis.
2019 – Batman Day – 80th anniversary of the first Batman comic.
2021 – Pfizer announces they have developed a safe COVID-19 vaccine for 5-to-11-year-olds with the dose 1/3 of the strength.
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