1804 – Twelfth Amendment to the US Constitution, establishing the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, becomes effective.
1878 – British physician Dr. Charles Drysdale warns against the use of tobacco in a letter to The Times newspaper in one of the earliest public health announcements on the dangers of smoking.
1911 – Groundbreaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park.
1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Colorado, his health never recovers.
1926 – Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week for workers at the Ford Motor Company.
1933 – 1st state ‘poorhouse’ opens in Smyrna, Georgia.
1949 – US Open Women’s Golf, Prince George’s CC: Louise Suggs leads wire-to-wire to win by 14 strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Babe Zaharias.
1949 – Evangelist Billy Graham begins his “Los Angeles Crusade” in a circus tent erected in a parking lot.
1957 – 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central High School in Arkansas.
1960 – For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant.
1965 – “Do I Hear a Waltz?” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 220 performances.
1973 – 3 man crew of Skylab 3 make safe splashdown in Pacific after 59 days.
1975 – Singer Jackie Wilson suffers heart attack & lapse into a 9-year terminal coma.
1978 – PSA Boeing 727 & a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die.
1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as the 1st female US Supreme Court Justice.
1988 – American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins women’s 100m in Olympic record 10.54; beats teammate Evelyn Ashford by 0.29; 1st leg of sprint double at Seoul Games.
1997 – Medical drama “ER” is performed live on TV.
2006 – President Cup Golf, Robert Trent Jones GC: Chris DeMarco, Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson unbeaten as US beats international team 18 1/2 -15 1/2.
2017 – First ever woman graduates from the US Marine Corps’ Infantry Office Course.
2020 – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the 1st woman to lie in state in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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