1789 – Federal Judiciary Act passes, creating a six-person Supreme Court.
1890 – The President of the Latter Day Saints Wilford Woodruff issues a manifesto advising members that the teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned.
1906 – Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom’s operetta musical “The Red Mill” opens at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York City.
1924 – Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport.
1927 – New York Yankees set a record of 106 victories.
1940 – Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th home run.
1946 – New York Yankees set season attendance record of 2,309,029, besting 1929 Cubs.
1952 – Fast food restaurant chain “KFC” (Kentucky Fried Chicken) opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1957 – “Jailhouse Rock” single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
1963 – Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limiting nuclear testing.
1968 – “60 Minutes” premieres on CBS-TV.
1974 – Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 with a 1.74 earned run average.
1985 – Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees.
1988 – American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Savine John and Anke Behmer take the minor medals.
1991 – Deion Sanders, who left Atlanta Braves July 31 to report to NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, returns.
1996 – President Bill Clinton signs the “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty” at the United Nations.
2006 – Ryder Cup Golf, K Club, Ireland: Europe, captained by Ian Woosnam, wins convincingly 18 1/2 – 9 1/2 for 3rd consecutive Cup victory.
2015 – Pope Francis becomes the 1st pope to address the US Congress. Names Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Thomas Melton and Dorothy Day as his American heroes.
2019 – Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, arguing that he tried to enlist a foreign power for his own political gain.
2022 – Farm Aid held in Raleigh, North Carolina; performers include Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Sheryl Crow and Nathaniel Ratcliff & The Night Sweats.
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