1716 – 1st lighthouse in American colonies lit (Boston Harbor)
1814 – Francis Scott Key inspired to write the poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”, later becomes lyrics of the Star-Spangled Banner.”
1848 – Alexander Stewart opens 1st US department store.
1872 – Britain pays US$15 1/2M for damages during Civil War.
1886 – George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in as President, the youngest man to serve as US President, after William McKinley finally dies after an anarchist shoots him in Buffalo.
1933 – 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook, Oregon fire.
1940 – Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law).
1948 – Milton Berle starts his TV career on Texaco Star Theater.
1958 – Yankees win 24th pennant, & 9th under Casey Stengel.
1964 – Walt Disney awarded Medal of Freedom at White House.
1968 – 1st broadcast of “60 Minutes” on CBS-TV.
1972 – “Waltons” TV program premieres.
1978 – Braves’ Jim Bouton, 38, beats Giants, his 1st win since 1970.
1985 – “The Golden Girls”, starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, debuts on NBC.
1992 – 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan).
1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation’s capital.
2014 – The United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
2015 – 14 year old Texan Ahmed Mohamed arrested at school when home-made clock assumed to be a bomb – Mark Zuckerberg and US President Barack Obama send supportive tweets.
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