1639 – 1st observation of transit of Venus by Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree – helped established size of the Solar System.
1703 – 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia.
1871 – National Rifle Association organized (NYC).
1874 – American inventor Joseph Glidden patents barbed wire.
1903 – Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter.
1916 – Mexican and US representatives sign a protocol at Atlantic City, under which Pershing’s troops will withdraw and each nation’s army will guard the border. President Carranza of Mexico will refuse to accept it.
1932 – In Washington, DC, the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
1950 – “Guys & Dolls” opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1200 performances.
1954 – Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened.
1957 – Cleveland Browns’ fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yards rushing.
1964 – For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington, DC permitted to vote.
1971 – Dan “DB” Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000.
1974 – 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins.
1974 – Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT-2 treaty to reduce each side’s number of nuclear weapons.
1982 – Orioles Cal Ripkin is named AL Rookie of the Year.
1991 – Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year.
1991 – US 75th manned space mission “STS 44” Atlantis 10 launched.
1993 – Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for US handgun sales.
1996 – Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship.
2014 – A 12-year old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground.
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