1695—NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties.
1787—American statesman George Mason suggests the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution modeled on previous state declarations, but the motion is defeated.
1857—423 die when “Central America” sinks off Cape Romain, SC.
1910—World’s 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD)
1914—Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager.
1928—Katharine Hepburn’s NY stage debut in “Night Hostess”
1935—Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 MPH.
1944—Hurricane kills 389 in North Carolina.
1944—US Army troops entered Germany for 1st time.
1947—Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games.
1954—Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)
1959—“Bonanza” premieres on NBC-TV.
1965—79th US Women’s Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (8-6, 7-5)
1970—1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport.
1976—96th US Men’s Tennis: Jimmy Conners beats Bjorn Borg (6-4,3-6,7-6,6-4)
1979—Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie.
1984—Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident.
1986—240.49 million shares traded on NY Stock Exchange.
1994—Cessna crashes in White House front yard.
2012—Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and IOS 6.
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