1716 – 1st lighthouse built in North America (Boston).
1863 – After 59 day siege Confederate troops vacate Fort Wayne, SC (1700 casualties)
1899 – Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk.
1901 – US President William McKinley is shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in New York.
1909 – New York Times headline announces American explorer Robert Peary had discovered the North Pole 5 months earlier.
1916 – 1st true supermarket, the “Piggly Wiggly” is opened by Clarence Saunders in Memphis, Tennessee.
1935 – “Steamboat Round the Bend” film directed by John Ford and starring Will Rogers released weeks after Rogers’ death.
1939 – World War II: the Battle of Barking Creek.
1943 – Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in American League history at 16 years, 8 months.
1953 – Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38.
1957 – Elvis records “White Christmas”, “Silent Night” & “Here Comes Santa Claus.”
1969 – John Kander and Fred Ebbs “Cabaret” closes at Broadhurst Theater, NYC, after 1166 performances and 8 Tony Awards.
1975 – Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open.
1982 – Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell’s #8.
1990 – US citizen is shot in Kuwait; oil markets surge on aggressive US statements toward Iraq.
1993 – Jerry Lewis’ 28th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,014,922.
2006 – “New Moon” second book in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga” is published by Little Brown, sells 5.3 million copies (2015)
2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Caribbean Islands of Barbuda, Sint Maarten and British Virgin Islands. Prime Minister Gaston Gaston Browne reports 95% of buildings in Barbuda damaged.
2020 – World #1 tennis player Novak Dokovic is sensationally disqualified in 4th round of US Open after hitting a ball in frustration, striking a line judge; trailed Pablo Carreno Busta 5-6 in 1st set.
2020 – Los Angeles County reported its highest-ever temperature of 121F.
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