1775 – Congress issues “Declaration of the Causes & Necessity of Taking up Arms”, listing grievances but denying intent to be independent.
1776 – American Declaration of Independence announced on front page of “PA Evening Gazette”
1785 – US Congress unanimously resolves the name of US currency to the “dollar” and adopts decimal coinage.
1858 – Lyman Blake patents shoe manufacturing machine.
1898 – US Senate agrees to annex Hawaii.
1908 – Robert Peary’s expedition sails from NYC for north pole.
1924 – 1st photo sent experimentally across Atlantic by radio, US-England.
1932 – 1st class postage back up to 3 cents from 2 cents.
1936 – 121 degrees (F), Steele, North Dakota (state record)
1944 – World’s largest circuit tent catches fire at Ringling Brother’s – Barnum & Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford, Connecticut)
1945 – Abbott and Costello’s film “The Naughty Nineties” released featuring longest version of their “Who’s on
First” routine.
1957 – Harry S. Truman Library forms in Independence, Missouri.
1962 – NY Yankees ‘M&M boys’ Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle hit 2 HR’s each in 7-5 win v Twins.
1965 – Rock group “Jefferson Airplane” forms.
1970 – California passes 1st “no fault” divorce law.
1980 – Phillies starter Steve Carlton fans 7 Cardinals to reach 2,836 strikeouts, the most by a left-handed pitcher in MLB history.
1994 – “Forest Gump” directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright and Gary Sinise, is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1995)
2000 – Real estate developer Stan Kroenke announced the acquisition of the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche and the Pepsi Centre for $450m from the Ascent Entertainment.
2013 – 3 people are killed and 181 are injured after a Boeing 777 crash lands at San Francisco Airport.
2016 – Pokeman Go, the real-world mobile game by Niantic, is first released.
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