1439 – Kissing is banned in England (to stop germs from spreading)
1769 – Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California.
1790 – US Congress establishes District of Columbia.
1798 – US Public Health Service forms & US Marine Hospital authorized.
1861 – Battle of Bull Run, the 1st major battle of the Civil War, is fought.
1862 – David Farragut is 1st Rear Admiral in US Navy.
1867 – D R Averill patents ready-mixed paint.
1912 – Naval torpedo launched from and airplane patents by B A Fiske.
1926 – National Geographic takes 1st natural-color undersea photos.
1936 – 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, NY.
1941 – Joe DiMaggio goes 3 for 4, hitting in his 56th straight game.
1951 – Novel “Catcher in Rye” by J.D. Salinger published by Little Brown and Company.
1956 – Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent.
1965 – Republican convention selects Barry Goldwater as presidential candidate.
1969 – Apollo 11 launched, carrying 1st men to land on Moon.
1972 – Smokey Robinson & Miracles final live performance.
1980 – Ronald Reagan nominated for US President by Republicans in Detroit.
1999 – John F. Kennedy, Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.
2004 – Millennium Park, considered the first and most ambitious architectural project in the early 21st century for Chicago, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
2015 – Shootings in Chattanooga at a US military recruitment center and a naval reserve training center kills 5 and injure others.
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