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1181 Supernova observed by Chinese
& Japanese astronomers
1787 The Great Debate began during
the Constitutional Convention
1806 Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy,
Roman, nor an empire
1815 US flotilla ends piracy by Algiers, Tunis
& Tripoli
1862 CSA ironclad "Arkansas" is badly
damaged in Union attack
1890 First use of electric chair in US, John Hart,
in NY for murder
1890 Denton ‘Cy’ Young pitched his first
major-league baseball game
1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel
1926 First talking picture, "Don Juan," starring John Barrymore
1928 One of radio’s first serials was heard
as "Real Folks" debuted on NBC.
1930 Judge Joseph Crater mysteriously disappears
1935 William Coolidge obtained a patent for the
cathode ray tube
1937 Indians overturn Yankees' 7-6 win by a protest
1939 Dinah Shore started her own show on the NBC
Blue radio network
1940 Columbia Records cut the prices of its 12-inch
classical records. The records were priced to sell at $1. RCA Victor followed two weeks later.
1945 The first Atomic bomb was dropped over the
center of Hiroshima
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen (Neth) is first women
to win 3 golds at Olympics
1949 "Some Enchanted Evening" by Perry
Como topped the charts
1949 Chicago White Sox baseball star Luke Appling
played in his 2,154th game
1952 Satchel Paige became the oldest
pitcher to complete a major-league baseball game
1955 Bill Haley & Comets' "Rock Around
the Clock" tops billboards chart
1960 "I'm Sorry" by Brenda Lee topped
the charts
1961 Gherman S Titov, 2nd Russian in space aboard
Vostok 2 (17 orbits)
1965 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law
1965 Beatles release "Help" album in
UK
1966 "Wild Thing" by Troggs topped the
charts
1973 Wolfman Jack did his first broadcast on WNBC-AM,
New York, New York
1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game;
no other team did it twice
1977 "I Just Want to Be Your Everything"
by Andy Gibb topped the charts
1983 "Every Breath You Take" by The
Police topped the charts
1984 Carl Lewis wins 2nd (long jump) of 4 gold
medals in Summer Olympics
1986 Baltimore Orioles (Dwyer & Sheets) &
Rangers (Harrah) hit record 3 grand slams
1988 Oakland A's Jose Canseco becomes 11th to
hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases
1988 "Roll with It" by Steve Winwood
topped the charts
1988 Goose Gossage registers career save #300
1989 Boston Red Sox retire Carl Yastrzemski's
#8
1994 "Stay (I Missed You)" by Lisa Loeb
& Nine Stories topped the charts
1997 Apple Computer and Microsoft agreed to share
technology in a deal giving Microsoft a stake in Apple's survival.
