1775 – 1st military hospital approved.
1794 – Richard Allen organizes Philadelphia’s Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
1821 – Spain cedes Florida to US.
1861 – US Congress authorizes paper money.
1862 – United army officially divides corps.
1867 – 1st US dental school, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, established.
1897 – 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from Yukon.
1902 – Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play, they forfeit their franchise back to American League.
1914 – Giants outfielder Red Murray is knocked unconscious by lightning after catching a flyball, ending 21 inning game, Giants win 3-1.
1935 – Variety’s famous headline “Sticks Nix Hick Pix”
1938 – Douglas (Wrong Way) Corrigan leaves NY for LA, wound up in Ireland.
1954 – Construction begins on Disneyland.
1955 – Disneyland televises its grand opening in Anaheim, California.
1961 – John Chancellor becomes news anchor of Today Show.
1972 – 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agent at Quantico.
1978 – NY Yankees manager Billy Martin & Reggie Jackson fight in dug out.
1987 – Dow Jones closes about 2,500 (2,510.04) for first time.
1994 – Hulk Hogan beats Ric Flair to win WCW wrestling championship.
1995 – Forbes magazine announces Bill Gates is the richest man in the world ($12.9B)
2004 – Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators.
2005 – Tiger Woods wins his 10th major winning The British Open Championship by 5 strokes. Woods becomes only the second golfer, after Jack Nicklaus, to win each major more than once.
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