1899 – Carnation processes its first can of evaporated milk.
1901 – 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 Perry 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 before Rogers’ death.
1943 – “Congressional Limited” train derails near Frankfort, Philadelphia, kills 79.
1953 – Roy Campanella sets record for home runs by a catcher at 38.
1957 – Elvis Presley records “White Christmas”, “Silent Night” & “Here Comes Santa Claus”
1969 – John Kander and Fred Ebb’s “Cabaret” closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City after 1,166 performances and 8 Tony Awards.
1975 – Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asks for US political asylum in New York City during the US Open.
1979 – Musical “Peter Pan”, starring Sandy Duncan, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater in New York City for 578 performances.
1982 – Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell’s #8.
1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105, a Douglas DC-9, crashes just after takeoff from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing 31.
1988 – 11-year-old Thomas Gregory swims the English Channel.
1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. breaks Gehrig’s record, playing in 2,131 straight games.
1997 – Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, held at Westminster Abbey in London.
2006 – “New Moon” second book in Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight Saga”, is published by Little Brown, sells 5.3 million copies (2015)
2012 – Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president.
2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Caribbean Islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin and British Virgin Islands. Prime Minister Gaston Browne reports 95% of buildings in Barbuda damaged.
2020 – Los Angeles County reported its highest-ever temperature of 121F.
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