1505—After an encounter with a violent thunderstorm, Martin Luther declares that he will become a monk.1698—Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1843—An alligator falls from sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina.
1850—Benjamin Lane patents gas mask with a breathing apparatus.
1862—Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges.
1891—US President James Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker; Garfield died 79 days later.
1890—Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act.
1901—Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid rob train of $40,000 at Wagner, Montana.
1921—Warren G. Harding signs a joint congressional resolution declaring the official end of war with Germany.
1937—Amelia Earhart & Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean.
1941—Joe DiMaggio breaks Willie Keeler’s 44 game hitting steak (45th of 56)
1949—“High Button Shoes” closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances.
1955—“Lawrence Welk Show” premieres on ABC.
1956—Elvis Presley records “Hound Dog” & “Don’t Be Cruel”
1964—US President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act & Voting Rights Act into law.
1972—“Fiddler on the Roof” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances.
1979—Susan B. Anthony dollar is issued, 1st US coin to honor a woman.
1992—Braniff Airlines goes out of business.
2002—Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
2012—GlaxoSmithKline settles the largest healthcare fraud case in history for US$3 Billion.
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