1832 – President Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter 2nd Bank of US.
1861 – Lincoln writes to Kentucky’s militia & says Union troops will not enter the state.
1890 – Wyoming becomes 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage).
1913 – Death Valley, California hits 134 degrees F, which is the highest temperature recorded in the United States.
1917 – Emma Goldman imprisoned for obstructing draft.
1926 – 30th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 293 at Scioto CC in Ohio.
1933 – 1st police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY.
1938 – Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours.
1948 – “Look Ma, I’m Dancin” closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 188 performances.
1950 – “Your Hit Parade” premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV.
1962 – Martin Luther King, Jr. arrested during demonstration in Georgia.
1965 – Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.
1967 – Bobbie Gentry records “Ode to Billie Joe” – single goes on to win 4 Grammys.
1978 – World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
1985 – Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke.
1991 – L’Express Airlines Beechcraft C-99 crashes in Alabama, killing 13.
1997 – RJR Nabisco announces it will replace Joe Camel in new ads.
2002 – 10th ESPY Awards: Tiger Woods, Venus Williams win.
2005 – Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage.
2015 – The Confederate flag is taken down for the last time from South Carolina Capitol grounds 1 day after the state legislature ordered it removed.