1862 – Land Grant Act endows state college with federal land.
1863 – 1st military draft by US (exemptions cost $100)
1875 – Jesse James robs train in Otterville, Missouri.
1914 – Baltimore Orioles owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore & Ben Egan for $10k to Connie Mack (Philadelphia A’s), refuses pleading poverty.
1928 – Sliced bread sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company, Missouri, using a machine invented by Otto Fredrick Rohwedder. Described as the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread was wrapped.
1941 – US forces land in Iceland to forestall Nazi invasion.
1949 – “Dragnet” premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967.
1956 – “Hancock’s Half Hour” premieres as a TV show starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
1958 – President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood.
1960 – USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents Sea.
1965 – Otis Redding records “Respect”
1967 – Doors’ “Light My Fire” hits #1.
1973 – All women board of directors takes control of ABA’s Kentucky Colonels.
1975 – TV soap opera “Ryan’s Hope” premieres.
1980 – Jim King completes riding Miracle Strip Rider roller coaster 368 hours.
1987 – Kiwanis Clubs end men-only tradition, vote to admit women.
1991 – Nolan Ryan possible 8th no-hitter ends in the 8th inning.
1996 – 17th U.S. Senior Golf Open: Dave Stockton wins.
2017 – Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3.
2017 – United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty adopted in New York, without participation of nuclear countries.
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