1784 – 1st US balloon flight (13 year old Edwin Warren).
1810 – John Jacob Astor organizes Pacific Fur Co. (Astoria, Oregon).
1868 – Christopher Latham Sholes patents the “Type-writer”.
1888 – Fredrick Douglas is 1st African-American nominated for US President.
1922 – 57th British Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots at 300 at Royal St. George.
1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam in USA.
1933 – Don McNeill’s Pepper Pot (Breakfast Club) begins 35 1/2 year run on NBC.
1938 – Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium.
1947 – US President Truman’s veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by Congress.
1955 – Walt Disney’s “Lady & the Tramp” released.
1960 – “Pat Boone Show” last airs on ABC-TV.
1960 – Japan signs security treaty with the US.
1963 – NY Mets Jimmy Piersall hits his 100th HR, he circles bases backwards.
1970 – “Red Skelton Show” last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV.
1979 – Charlie Daniels Band releases “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”
1983 – US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions.
1986 – Tip O’Neill refuses to let President Reagan address House.
1997 – Dow Jones drops 192.25 points.
2014 – Claude Monet’s Water Lilies is sold at auction for US$54 million.
2016 – Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing riff from “Stairway to Heaven” from band Spirit in a Los Angeles court.