1628 – 1st deportation from what is now US, Thomas Morton from Mass.
1790 – 1st book copyrighted under constitution, “Philadelphia Spelling Book.”
1822 – Charles Graham patents false teeth.
1856 – 500 Mormons leave Iowa City, Iowa and head west for Salt Lake City, Utah carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts.
1869 – Charles Elmer Hires sells his 1st root beer (Philadelphia).
1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days.
1924 – “Jelly-Roll Blues” is recorded by blues great Jelly Roll Morton.
1934 – 1st Donald Duck cartoon, Wise Little Hen, released.
1943 – “Pay-as-you-go” (withholding) US income tax deductions authorized.
1946 – 66,545 fans help Yanks break million attendance mark, the earliest.
1955 – 100 degrees F – Hottest day in Seattle, Washington.
1958 – “Purple People Eater” by Sheb Wooley hits #1.
1962 – Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
1972 – 14″ of rain in 6 hours burst Rapid City, SD dam, drowns 237.
1975 – Tony Orlando & Dawn receives gold record for “He Don’t Love You.”
1980 – 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers & Loretta Lynn win.
1989 – “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” premieres in USA
2002 – 101st Women’s French Open: Serena Williams beats Venus Williams (7-5, 6-3)
2013 – Edward Snowden publically makes his identity known as the leaker of NSA documents.
2016 – World Heath Organizations advises delaying pregnancy in areas with the Zika virus.
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