1835 – P T Barnum & his circus begin 1st tour of US.
1857 – James Gibbs of Virginia, patents the chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
1875 – Alexander Graham Bell makes first sound transmission.
1886 – Grover Cleveland is 1st to wed during presidency (Frances Folsom)
1896 – Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897.
1919 – Pulitzer prize awarded to Carl Sandburg (Cornhuskers)
1928 – Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft.
1933 – FDR authorizes 1st swimming pool built inside the White House.
1935 – Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1942 – Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator.
1957 – US TV interviews Nikita Khrushchev.
1962 – 61st Men’s French Championships: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (3-6,2-6,6-3,9-7,6-2)
1977 – NJ allows casino gambling in Atlantic City.
1979 – Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley signs first homosexual rights bill.
1987 – Mariners draft Ken Griffey, Jr. #1.
1985 – RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco.
1992 – Former NFL NY Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery.
1994 – Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List”
1997 – Timothy McVeigh found guilty of 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, killing 168.
1998 – The CIH computer virus is discovered in Taiwan.