1768 – 1st US bachelor of medicine degree (Dr. John Archer).
1788 – US Constitution comes into effect when New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify it.
1834 – American inventor and businessman Cyrus Hall McCormick patents the reaping machine.
1879 – Frank W. Woolworth opens his 1st successful “F.W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store” on North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1893 – 1st Ferris wheel premieres (Chicago’s Columbian Exposition).
1907 – E.W. Scripps founded United Press.
1915 – The US Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down an Oklahoma law denying the right to vote to some citizens.
1939 – NY Yankees announce Lou Gehrig’s retirement after doctors reveal he has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
1948 – 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced and 78’s planned to be phased out (Dr. Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records).
1955 – Johnny Cash debuts Top 10 country song “Cry!Cry!Cry!”
1964 – Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 years later.
1965 – 65th US Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive CC in St. Louis.
1975 – Elton John, Eagles & Beach Boys play Wembley.
1977 – Former White House chief of staff H.R. Halderman enters prison.
1982 – John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity.
1983 – Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery.
1990 – Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood’s walk of fame.
2001 – Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is the 1st Hispanic woman to be honored on a US postage stamp.
2012 – Miami Heat win the 2012 NBA finals after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 4 games to one.
2015 – 115th US Golf Open: Jordan Spieth shoots a 275 at Chambers Bay, Washington. At 21, youngest winner since 1923.
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