|
|
  
|
|
|
|
1945
|
Jim Davis (Indiana-born Cartoonist, Creator of Garfield)
|
|
|
|
|
|
1907
|
Earl Tupper (New Hampshire-born Inventor of Tupperware)
|
|
|
|
|
1825
|
William Duncan Smith (Georgia-born Confederate General)
|
|
|
|
1935
|
Horace Clarence Boyer (Florida-born African-American Gospel Musician, Educator)
|
|
|
|
1861
|
John A. Johnson (Minnesota's First Homegrown Governor: 1905-1909)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1750
|
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Classical Composer)
|
|
|
1823
|
Manasseh Cutler (Connecticut-born Clergyman Who Helped Draft the Northwest Ordinance and Formed the Ohio Company of Associates)
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
1769
|
A 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake Is the First in California's Recorded History
|
|
 |
|
1819
|
The Arkansas Territorial Legislature Meets for the First Time
|
|
|
1837
|
French Priest Mathias Loras Is Appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Dubuque
|
|
|
1863
|
U.S. Navy and Marines Shell New Smyrna, Florida, Destroy Naval Vessels, Burn Cotton and Raze Buildings Use to House Confederate Troops
|
|
|
1864
|
Sherman's Union Forces Route Confederates West of Atlanta at the Battle of Ezra Church; 3,000 Confederates and 600 Union Soldiers Die
|
|
|
1899
|
Fire Destroys the U.S. Army Post, Camp Dyea, at the Head of Alaska's Lynn Canal
|
|
 |
|
1902
|
In Oregon, the Portland Evening Journal Newspaper Is Purchased by C.S. Jackson and Renamed The Oregon Journal
|
|
|
1903
|
In Virginia, Maggie L. Walker Establishes the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank, Making Her the First Woman to Found a Chartered U.S. Bank
|
|
|
1908
|
The First American Matador Debuts at the Bullring in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
|
|
|
1918
|
A Wilmington, Delaware Municipal Court Rules Sunday Baseball Games Are Against the Law
|
|
|
1919
|
Arkansas Ratifies the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Granting Women the Right to Vote
|
|
|
Pierre S. du Pont, II Commits $2.2M to the Construction of Public Schools in Delaware
|
|
|
1927
|
In West Virginia, the Potomac Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Purchases Fort Ashby
|
|
|
1934
|
The National Guard Moves in to Control Deadly Labor Rioting in Kohler, Wisconsin
|
|
|
1935
|
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Takes Off on Its Maiden Flight From Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington
|
|
|
1945
|
In Dense Fog, a B-25 Bomber Crashes into the Empire State Building, Killing 14 People but Causing Little Damage to the Skyscraper
|
|
 |
|
1954
|
On the Waterfront Premieres in New York City
|
|
|
1971
|
Roxana Arsht's Appointment to Wilmington's Family Court Makes Her the First Female Judge in Delaware
|
|
|
1973
|
In Dallas, Texas, a Protest Against the Police Killing of Santos Rodríguez Results in 38 Arrests and 5 Policemen Injured
|
|
|
The Detroit Lions' Joe Schmidt Enters the Professional Football Hall of Fame
|
|
|
1992
|
American Swimmer Angel Martino Wins the First Gold Medal of the Barcelona Summer Olympic Games
|
|
|
1996
|
U.S. Track & Field Star, Carl Lewis, Sets an Olympic Record Winning His 9th Gold Medal
|
|
 |
