1788—NY City becomes 1st capital of US.
1789—1st loan to US government (from NYC banks)
1866—7th British Golf Open: Willis Park, Sr. shoots a 169 at Prestwick Golf Club.
1883—Hugh Daily, a one-armed pitcher for Cleveland (Forest City), tosses a 1-0 no-hitter against Philadelphia.
1906—1st airplane flight in Europe.
1932—NY Yankees clinch their 7th AL pennant.
1934—Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000.
1948—Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, 1st woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
1949—Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC.
1961—“Car 54 Where Are You?” premieres on TV.
1965—Beatles win 1st Grammy, for Best Group of 1964.
1965—Today Show’s 1st totally color broadcast.
1970—IBM announces System 370 computer.
1973—ABC announces it obtained TV rights for 1976 Olympics.
1977—General Motors introduces 1st US diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88)
1983—US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
1989—Fay Vincent elected baseball’s 8th commissioner.
1997—Carolina Hurricane’s 1st exhibition game beat NY Islanders 4-1.
2001—Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
2008—Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
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