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1853
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David Belasco (San Francisco-born Playwright, Director, Producer)
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1957
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Ray Billingsley (North Carolina-born Cartoonist; Author of "Curtis")
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1906
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Arthur Kreutz (Wisconsin-born Composer, Conductor, Violinist)
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1891
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Joseph A. Padway (English-American Union Attorney)
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1900
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George Googe (Georgia-born Union Organizer)
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1852
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Frank H. Gaines (Tennessee-born Founder and President of Agnes Scott College)
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1884
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Martin L. Davey (Governor of Ohio)
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1864
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Clement Hoffman "Rock" Stevens (Connecticut-born Confederate General Mortally Wounded in the Battle of Peachtree Creek)
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1889
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William A. Golding (African-American Member of the Georgia General Assembly, Education Advocate)
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1797
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Mission San Miguel Arcŕngel Is Founded on California's Salinas River by Father Ferměn Francisco de Lasučn
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1817
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Detroit's First Regularly Published Newspaper, The Detroit Gazette, Is Founded and Printed in English and French
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1825
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The Marquis de la Fayette and His Son Visit Wilmington, Delaware
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1831
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Cyrus McCormick Demonstrates the World's First Successful Mechanical Reaper on a Crop of Oats in Rockbridge County, Virginia
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1838
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The First Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge in Texas Is Organized at Houston
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1847
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A Baptist Church in St. Paul Holds Minnesota's First Known Sunday School Session
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1861
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The 3rd Florida Infantry Regiment Is Organized on Amelia Island
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The Town of La Mesilla, New Mexico Is Taken by Confederate Lt. Colonel John R. Baylor Without a Shot Being Fired
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1868
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For the First Time Since 1861, Alabama's Two U.S. Senators Take Their Seats in Congress, Signifying Alabama's Readmission to the Union
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1884
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In Florida, the St. Petersburg Times Is Founded
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1885
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In Oregon, the Willamette Stone Is Set to Permanently Mark the "Starting Point" for All Land Surveying Throughout the Territory
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1898
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The U.S. Army Invades Puerto Rico
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Spanish Forces Are Defeated at Sancti Espiritu by Cuban Forces
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Guantanamo Surrenders to U.S. General William Shafter
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1906
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Godfrey, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1917
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Dutch Dancer Mata-Hari Is Sentenced to Death for Espionage
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In New Ulm, Minnesota 6,000 People Protest Sending Draftees of German Descent to Fight in the European War
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1924
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The Alaska Sanitary Packing Cannery at Wrangell Is Destroyed by Fire
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1953
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Staff Sgt. Ambrosio Guillen Dies in Korea and Earns the Congressional Medal of Honor
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New York City Subway Fares Are Raised to 15˘ and Tokens Are First Used
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1956
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The Stockholm Rams the Oceanliner Andrea Doria Broadside in Thick Fog Off the Massachusetts Coast - 46 People Die
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1960
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West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood Addresses the Republican National Convention in Chicago
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1969
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The 3-Day Seattle Pop Festival Opens at Gold Creek Park in Woodinville, Northeast of the City
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The Oshkosh, Wisconsin Airport Is Named in Honor of S.J. Wittman, a Pioneer Aircraft Designer, Inventor, Race Pilot
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1972
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Major League Baseball's All-Star Game Is Played at Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton-County Stadium
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1974
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Historic Ashton Villa Is Opened to the Public in Galveston, Texas
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1978
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In Manchester, England, Louise Brown Is the World's First "Test Tube Baby" to be Born via In Vitro Fertilization
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1985
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In Paris, France, Actor Rock Hudson Is Hospitalized for AIDS
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1990
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The U.S. Senate Votes 96-0 to Denounce Minnesota Senator David Durenberger for Financial Misconduct
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1998
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In Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King III Is Sworn In as the Fourth President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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1999
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Robin Yount Is the First Player Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in a Milwaukee Brewer's Jersey
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