1858 – Abraham Lincoln says “A house divided against itself cannot stand” accepting Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate.
1864 – Union General Ulysses S. Grant begin siege of Petersburg, Va.
1871 – The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests, except for courses in theology.
1882 – 17′ hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque, Iowa.
1903 – Ford Motors under Henry Ford incorporates.
1903 – Pepsi Cola company forms.
1909 – 1st US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000.
1909 – Jim Thorpe makes his pro baseball pitching debut for Rocky Mount (ECL) with 4-2 win, this will cause him to forfeit his Olympic medals.
1922 – Henry Berliner demonstrates his helicopter to US Bureau of Aeronautics.
1935 – US Congress accepts FDR’s “New Deal”
1946 – “Annie Get Your Gun” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1147 performances.
1956 – 56th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 281 at Oak Hill CC NY.
1961 – Dave Garroway is fired as Today Show host.
1968 – Lee Trevino is 1st to play all 4 rounds of golf’s US open under par.
1977 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.
1991 – “Fiddler on the Roof” closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 241 performances.
1991 – Otis Nixon steals NL record 6 bases in 1 day.
1995 – “Batman Forever” opens with a record $528 million weekend.
1996 – 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson & LeAnn Rimes win.
2008 – 108th US Golf Open: Tiger Woods shoots a 283 at Torrey Pines GC CA.
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