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1882 – In its 1st large-scale test, Thomas Edison’s light bulb is used to light NY’s Pearl Street Station.

1888 – George Eastman patents the first roll-film camera & registers “Kodak”

1916 -Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitchers Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown face each other for a final time, after 25 contests Mathewson takes a 13-12 advantage with Reds 10-8 winners over Cubs.

1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

1936 – RKO Radio Pictures releases “Swing Time”, directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

1940 – CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB.

1944 – US 1st Army frees Namur, Belgium.

1945 – US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan.

1950 – “Beetle Bailey” comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers.

1950 – NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway, hosts Southern 500, first 500 mile event in NASCAR history, winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.

1957 – Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel automobile range.

1960 – Hurricane Donna kills 148 in the Caribbean & US.

1972 – US 4 x 100m medley relay team of Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz & Jerry Heldenreich sets world record 3:48.16 to win gold at the Munich Olympics; Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals at a single Games.

1991 – MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris’ 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth’s 60) & determined an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings.

1998 – Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Bin, two students at Stanford University.

2002 – Kelly Clarkson is crowned the winner of the first series of “American Idol” TV singing competition series.

2005 – 20 year old Kyle Busch becomes youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he outduels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD 500 at California Speedway.

2006 – Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank Championship at Norton, MA to win the first 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season.

2017 – US President Donald Trump announces Dreamers program, The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca), will be stopped.

2018 – Amazon becomes America’s second trillion dollar company.

2020 – Record 52% of American 18 to 29-year-olds are living with their parents because of the pandemic according to Pew Research Center study.