1857 – The City of Anaheim is founded.
1892 – Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup.
1905 – Orville and Wilbur Wright’s “Flyer III” flight 38.5 km in 38.3″
1914 – World War I first aerial combat resulting in a kill.
1921 – 1st World Series radio broadcast, Yanks beat Giants 3-0.
1924 – 1st Little Orphan Annie-strip appears in NYC Daily News.
1925 – WSM-AM in Nashville, Tenn. begins radio transmissions.
1931 – 1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan tow Washington (Herndon & Pangborn).
1943 – US air raid on Wake, Japanese execute 98 US prisoners in retaliation.
1945 – “Meet the Press” premieres on radio.
1947 – 1st Presidential address televised from White House – Harry Truman.
1953 – Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US.
1956 – “The Ten Commandments”, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner opens in the US.
1963 – Little Richard joins Everly Brothers tour.
1970 – PBS becomes US television network.
1980 – Yanks set AL attendance mark at 2,627,417.
1991 – The first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02, is released.
2001 – Barry Bonds hits his 71st home run, breaking Mark McGwire’s record of 70 for the most home runs hit in a single season (Bonds would end up with 73 in total)
2015 – Floods in South Carolina a “1,000-year storm” results in 12 deaths and 9 dams to fail.
2015 – Governor Jerry Brown of California signs a bill giving terminally patients the “right to die”.
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