1776 – George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers.
1847 – 1st theater opens in Hawaii.
1875 – 15th British Golf Open: Willie Park, Sr. shoots a 166 at Prestwick Golf Club.
1910 – Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber.
1918 – Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & 1,000 each for the losers.
1927 – 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2)
1953 – Swanson sells its 1st “TV dinner”
1955 – “Gunsmoke” premieres on CBS TV.
1960 – NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643′ HR over right field roof in Detroit.
1964 – Rod Steward records his 1st single “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”
1974 – Controversial TV drama “Born Innocent” premieres on US NBC TV, starring Linda Blair as an abused teen in a juvenile detention home.
1976 – 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, NY.
1978 – “Timbuktu!” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 243 performances.
1984 – First episode of daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host.
1989 – Five days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners, MLB and NFL player Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown, his first.
1990 – Ellis Island reopens as a museum.
1993 – 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced.
1997 – Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million.
2004 – “Crash” directed by Paul Haggis and starring Don Cheadle and Sandra Bullock premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (Best Picture 2006)
2013 – Three people are killed after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashes in the Arctic Ocean.
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