Birthdays
1939 Carl Yastrzemski
1941 Bill Parcells
1956 Paul Molitor
Events
565 Saint Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness
1762 Ann Franklin publishes the Newport Mercury, becoming the first American female editor and publisher and the first woman inducted into the University of Rhode Island's Journalism Hall of Fame
1775 King of Great Britain and Ireland, George III, proclaims the American colonies to be in open rebellion and orders his officials to suppress them. Those teasonous bastards
1788 Sierra Leone is settled by British as a haven for former slaves
1826 Colonies led by Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake, Utah
1849 Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice in the first aerial bombing in history
1851 The 100 Guineas Cup yacht race is held around the Isle of Wight, the first race of the oldest international sporting competition now known as the America's Cup. In the race, US schooner "America" beats the British cutter "Aurora" by 24 minutes, prompting spectator Queen Victoria to ask who was in second place and the famous reply, "Your majesty, there is no second."
1877 800 Nez Perce Native Americans, fleeing the US Army and attempting to reach Canada, retreat into Yellowstone National Park. As leader, Chief Joseph initially sought to peacefully resolve tensions following the treaty disputes. In 1873, he negotiated with the U.S. government to remain on their ancestral land but was coerced by General Oliver O. Howard to leave in 1877. The subsequent Nez Perce War, a prolonged and strategic retreat of over 1,170 miles, demonstrated the military acumen of the Nez Perce under Joseph's leadership.
1901 Cadillac Motor Company is founded
1902 US President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US president to ride in an electric car
1906 The first Victor Victrola is manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey
1921 J. Edgar Hoover appointed Assistant Director of the Bureau of Investigation
1950 First patent for controlling vehicle speed (cruise control) is granted to American inventor Ralph Teetor
1956 US President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco
1964 The Supremes' "Where Did Our Love Go" reaches #1
1984 Republican convention in Dallas renominates President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush
1989 MLB Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter, Oakland A's outfielder Rickey Henderson
1994 DNA testing links O.J. Simpson to the murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman
2004 "The Scream" (1910 painted version) and "Madonna", two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from the Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway
2024 The largest diamond in more than a century, at 2,492 carats, is found in a mine in Botswana and is displayed by the country's President Mokgweetsi Masisi
2024 Vice President Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic nomination for U.S. President on the last day of the party's national conference in Chicago