1792 – Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented.
1864 – US Civil War Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia.
1890 – Louisiana legalized prize fighting.
1902 – 140,000 miners of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania go out on a strike called by the United Mine Workers after the owners have refused to recognize the UMW, negotiate or submit to arbitration.
1908 – Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield.
1921 – National Hospital Day 1st observed.
1932 – Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, NJ.
1934 – “Cocktails For Two” by Duke Ellington hits #1.
1942 – 1,500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz.
1958 – “Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu” by Dicky Doo and The Don’ts hits #40.
1960 – Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special.
1968 – “March of Poor” under Rev. Abernathy reach Washington, DC.
1970 – Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run.
1978 – US Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female.
1979 – Chris Evert’s 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end.
1989 – “Entertainment Tonight” makes 2,000th TV performance.
1993 – Last broadcast of “Knot’s landing” on CBS.
2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution.
2003 – Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers bring the Texas Legislature to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.
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