1683 – Germantown, Pennsylvania, founded by 13 immigrant families.
1789 – US Department of Foreign Affairs, renamed Department of State.
1831 – The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
1853 – First US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell.
1887 – Philadelphia celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution.
1938 – Only time brothers hit back-to-back Home Runs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pittsburgh Pirates)
1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
1947 – First four-engine jet-propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Ohio.
1949 – “Lone Ranger” premieres on ABC-TV, Diddle-um, diddle-um, diddle-um-turn-tum.
1951 – “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” closes at Ziegfeld NYC after 740 performances.
1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph.
1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
1969 – Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game.
1970 – Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million.
1981 – US Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O’Connor for the US Supreme Court.
1982 – First edition of “USA Today” published by Gannett Co. Inc.
1990 – Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000.
1996 – Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan’s #34.
1997 – Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000.
1998 – Google.com is registered as a domain name.
2014 – President Obama announces the US will send 3,000 troops to help combat spread of the Ebola virus.
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