1587 – 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1775 – George Washington takes command of the Continental Army.
1796 – Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen. Moses Cleveland.
1893 – Katharine Lee Bates writes “America the Beautiful” in Colorado.
1918 – Lightning kills 504 sheep in Utah’s Wasatch National Park.
1921 – 25th US Golf Open: Jim Barnes shoots a 289 at Columbia CC in Maryland.
1934 – Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theater, “Public Enemy No. 1” John Dillinger is mortally wounded by FBI agents.
1937 – Senate rejects FDR proposal to enlarge Supreme Court.
1939 – Jane Bolin becomes the 1st African American female judge (NY)
1942 – Gasoline rationing using coupons begins.
1960 – Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories.
1967 – Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees’ tour.
1975 – US House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee.
1983 – Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world.
1986 – House of Representatives impeaches Judge Harry E. Claiborne on tax evasion.
1990 – 90th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Phil Mickelson.
1991 – Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978.
1994 – OJ Simpson pleads “Absolutely 100% Not Guilty” of murder.
1995 – Susan Smith found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina.
2003 – Members of the 101st Airborne of the United States, aided by Special Forces, attack a compound in Iraq, killing Saddam Hussein’s sons Uday and Qusay, along with Mustapha Hussein, Qusay’s 14-year old son, and a body guard.
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