1777 – Cooch’s Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
1861 – Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.
1891 – Cotton pickers organize union & state strike in Texas.
1902 – Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennant (full season)
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson set out on a tour of the USA to rouse public opinion behind the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations.
1929 – Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches all time high of 381.17, to be shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1938 – 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo, Japan to Helsinki, Finland.
1951 – TV soap opera “Search of Tomorrow” debuts on CBS.
1954 – Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed in the US, prompted by the cold war.
1957 – Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out.
1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1964 – US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy resigns.
1967 – Final episode of “What’s My Line?” hosted by John Charles Daly on CBS TV.
1971 – Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg’s doctor’s office.
1977 – Last broadcast of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” on CBS.
1986 – Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game.
1995 – Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta 23, Carolina 20 OT)
2005 – 20th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Maryland beats Navy 23-20 in Baltimore.
2015 – Kentucky Clerk in Rowan County jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
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