1669 – John Lock’s Constitution of English colony Carolina approved.
1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1873 – Jesse James & James Younger gang’s 1st train robbery (Adair, Iowa)
1898 – Spain cedes Guam to USA.
1919 – Dirigible crashes through bank skylight killing 13 (Chicago, Ill)
1925 – “Monkey Trial” ends – John Scopes found guilty of teaching Darwinism.
1930 – US Veterans Administration forms.
1942 – 8 die as coal waste heap slides in river valley near Oakwood, Va.
1949 – Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
1957 – 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson)
1966 – Gemini X returns to Earth.
1969 – Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to step on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1972 – Dodgers release & end career of pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm.
1972 – In New York 57 murders occur in 24 hours.
1974 – US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon.
1976 – “Guys & Dolls” opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 239 performances.
1976 – 1st outbreak of “Legionnaire’s Disease” kills 29 in Philadelphia.
1989 – Eastern Airlines submits a reorganization plan to creditors.
1991 – Ferguson Jenkins, Gaylord Perry, Rod Carew, Tony Lazzeri, & Bill Veeck are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
2002 – Telecom giant WorldCom files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the largest such filing in United States history.
2013 – 142nd British Golf Open: Phil Mickelson shoots a 281 at Muirfield Golf Links.