1778 – British forces massacre 360 men, women, & children in Wyoming, Pa.
1806 – Michael Keens exhibits 1st cultivated strawberry.
1819 – 1st savings bank in US (Bank of Savings in NYC) opens its doors.
1839 – 1st state normal school in US opens, Lexington, Mass, with 3 students.
1861 – Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY.
1884 – Dow Jones published it’s 1st stock index – the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
1911 – Ty Cobb hits in his 40th straight game. Does not get a hit next day.
1929 – Dunlop Latex Development Laboratories made foam rubber.
1930 – US Veterans Administration created.
1939 – Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes “luckiest man” speech.
1948 – Kidnapper Caryl Chessman sentenced to death, California; the execution didn’t happen until 1960.
1958 – “Andy Williams Show” premieres on ABC (later on CBS & NBC)
1973 – Brothers Jim & Gaylord Perry (NC) face each other for only time, Tigers beat Indians 5-4, as Gaylord loses.
1976 – Brian Wilson performs with the Beach Boys after 12 years apart.
1981 – 88th Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandikova (6-2,6-2)
1989 – The movie “Batman” set record of quickest $100 million (10 days)
1989 – US Supreme Court rules states do not have to provide funds for abortions.
1994 – The deadliest day in Texas traffic history, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Forty six people were killed in crashes.
1997 – Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit.
2001 – At a meeting of its oil ministers, OPEC agrees to maintain current production quotas; ministers indicate that, if Iraqi oil returns to the market, they may cut production in response to maintain their desired level of prices.
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