1768—Boston Gazette publishes “Liberty Song”, America’s 1st patriotic song.1907—Florenz Ziegfeld’s “Follies of 1907” premieres in NYC.
1914—US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps.
1936—Charles “Lucky” Luciano is sentenced to 30 to 50 years in state prison.
1942—1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track.
1947—President Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act.
1951—Jersey Joe Walcott at 37 becomes the oldest to win heavyweight champion.
1955—1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially.
1970—Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits.
1979—Gold hits record $303.85 an ounce in London.
1981—Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kansas City, caves in (113 killed)
1984—Walter Mondale wins Democratic presidential nomination in San Francisco.
1986—115th British Golf Open: Greg Norman shoots a 280 at Turnberry , Scotland.
1991—Florida Marlins’ logo unveiled.
1994—Crayola announces introduction of scented crayons.
2004—12th ESPY Awards: Lance Armstrong, Diana Taurasi win.
2013—Detroit, Michigan, files for bankruptcy to become the largest US municipal bankruptcy at $18.5 billion.
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