1813 – “Uncle Sam” 1st used to refer to the US, by Troy Post, New York.
1888 – Edith Eleanor McLean is 1st baby to be placed in an incubator at State Emigrant Hospital on Ward’s Island, New York.
1907 -Ocean liner RMS Lusitania begins her maiden voyage sailing from Liverpool to New York City.
1916 – Workmen’s Compensation Act passed by Congress.
1927 – Philo Farnsworth demonstrates the first use of his electronic television in San Francisco.
1936 – Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation.
1941 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY: 1939 champion Bobby Riggs beats Frank Kovacs 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, and 6-3.
1948 – 1st use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron, Ohio.
1953 – Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs.
1958 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Forest Hills, NY; Defending champion Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
1963 – WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy, kills 74 in Florida, Mississippi & Louisiana.
1974 – “Irene” closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances.
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter and Panama’s General Omar Torrijos sign the Panama Canal treaties, guaranteeing Panama control of the Panama Canal after 1999.
1979 – The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) makes its debut.
1986 – Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so.
1995 – Senator Bob Packwood (R-Ore) resigns rather than face expulsion.
2001 – The US Federal Trade Commission approves Chevron’s bid to buy Texaco.
2008 – US Government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the US, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
2017 – Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax reports earlier cyberattack could affect 143 million Americans.
2019 – US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a secret meeting with the Taliban for peace talks at Camp David.
2020 -Wildfires have burnt a record 2 million acres in California 2020 fires season, more than the state of Delaware, according to California fire officials.
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