1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1891 – Cotton pickers organize union & stage strike in Texas.
1916 – US President Woodrow Wilson signs Adamson Act, providing an 8-hour day on interstate railroads, preventing a national railroad strike.
1925 – The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Columbus, Ohio, killing 14, 29 survive.
1929 – Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches all time high of 381.17, to be shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1936 – For the first and only time in the history of the Walker Cup golf event, there is a shutout; the United States routs Great Britain, 9-0 at Pine Valley GC in New Jersey.
1940 – US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease.
1951 – TV soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” debuts on CBS.
1957 – Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn sets a NL record for a left-hander with 41st shut-out; beats Cubs, 8-0.
1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1965 – Preparing a move to Anaheim, the Los Angeles Angels change their name to the California Angels.
1971 – Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg’s doctor’s office.
1974 – Future Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard Oscar Robertson retires; leaves NBA with 26,710 points, 9,887 assists & 7,804 rebounds in 1,040 games.
1979 – Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000.
1985 – 20th Space Shuttle Mission…Discovery 6 returns to Earth.
1990 – Helen Hudson sings National Anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
1995 – Carolina Panthers lose their debut NFL game in overtime 23-20 to the Atlanta Falcons in front of 58,808 fans at the Georgia Dome.
2008 – The new Oklahoma City NBA franchise announces the team will be named the ‘Thunder’, reference to powerful storms in the area.
2015 – Kentucky clerk in Rowan County jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couple.
2020 – Actor Robert Pattinson test positive for COVID-19, shutting down production of the Batman film he is shooting.
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