1608—John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, VA
1776—George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers.
1846—Elias Howe patents sewing machine.
1847—1st theater opens in Hawaii.
1858—John Holden hits 1st recorded home run (Brooklyn vs NY)
1875—15th British Golf Open: Willie Park, Sr. shoots a 166 at Prestwick Golf Club.
1894—London taxi driver George Smith is first fined for drunk driving.
1913—Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway.
1950—Joe DiMaggio becomes first to hit 3 HRs in a game at Griffith Stadium.
1953—Swanson sells it’s first “TV Dinner”
1955—“Gunsmoke” premieres on CBS-TV.
1960—NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643 foot home run over right field roof in Detroit.
1964—Rod Stewart records his 1st single “Good Morning Little Schoolgirl”
1972—Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship.
1984—Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla.
1992—Bud Selig becomes interim commissioners of baseball.
1992—Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Psychiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents.
1993—1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo planes produced.
1997—Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million.
2013—132nd Women’s U.S. Open: Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5)
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