1888 – George Eastman patents the first roll film camera and registers the brand name “Kodak”
1893 – English author Beatrix Potter first writes the story of Peter Rabbit for a 5-year old boy.
1918 – US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1933 – 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph, piloted by J.R. Wendell in Glenview, Illinois.
1936 – RKO Radio Pictures releases “Swing Time”, directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
1941 – New York Yankees clinch their 3rd straight American League pennant; beat the Boston Red Sox, 6-3; earliest date in baseball history a team has captured a flag.
1944 – US 1st Army frees Namur, Belgium.
1950 – First helicopter rescue of an American pilot behind enemy lines.
1950 – NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway, hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history. The winner was Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.
1960 – Hurricane Donna kills 148 in the Caribbean and United States.
1972 – “The Price is Right” – US’s longest running game show, debuts on CBS.
1981 – Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC.
1986 – 189.42 million shares traded on New York Stock Exchange.
1992 – In his record 115th and final US Open singles match, Jimmy Connors is beaten by Ivan Lendl 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a 2nd round night match.
1998 – Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2005 – 20-year-old Kyle Busch becomes youngest driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race when he out duels Greg Biffle in the Sony HD at California Speedway.
2017 – 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.
2018 – World Health Organization reports more than a quarter of people worldwide (1.4 billion) don’t get enough physical exercise to avoid major diseases.
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