1776 – Mission Delores founded by San Francisco Bay.
1776 – Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor.
1863 – George Armstrong Custer, age 23, appointed Union Brigadier General.
1891 – US National Forest Service organized.
1906 – US Congress pass the Hepburn Act, permitting the regulation of rates charged by railroads, pipelines, and terminals engaged in interstate commerce.
1915 – Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time.
1929 – 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed, Langley Field, Ca.
1936 – Empire State Building broadcasts high definition TV-343 lines.
1947 – 2nd US Women’s Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson.
1956 – US Federal interstate highway system act signed.
1961 – Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season.
1965 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 after 83-day filibuster in the US Senate.
1968 – “Tip-Toe Thru’ The Tulips With Me” by Tiny Tim peaks at #17.
1979 – San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium.
1982 – Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended.
1986 – Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues.
1991 – “Jackie Mason – Brand New” closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 performances.
1994 – US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees.
2002 – US Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
2006 – Hamdan v. Rumsfield: The US Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates US and International law.