1891 – The U.S. National Forest Service is organized.
1906 – Congress passes the Hepburn Act, allowing regulation of rate changes by railroads, pipelines, and terminals engaged in interstate commerce.
1927 – The first plane from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii.
1929 – The first high-speed jet wind tunnel is completed at Langley Field, California.
1936 – George M. Cohan becomes the first artist to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his efforts in raising wartime morale.
1939 – Ford introduces the innovative Ford Ferguson 9N tractor, which uses Harry Ferguson’s three-point hitch system.
1944 – The U.S. VII Corps captures Cherbourg, France.
1949 – After World War II, American troops withdraw from Korea.
1956 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Federal Interstate Highway System Act at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
1961 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays hit a home run in the bottom of the 10th inning in the Giants’ 8–7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, becoming just the fourth player in major league history to hit three or more home runs in two seasons.
1964 – After 83 days of filibustering in the Senate, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed.
1968 – Tiny Tim’s “Tip-Toe Thru The Tulips With Me” peaks at number 17 on the music charts.
1979 – The San Diego Chicken returns to Jack Murphy Stadium.
1986 – Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager to win 600 games in both the American and National Leagues.
1994 – Lake Havasu City, Arizona, recorded a temperature of 127 degrees, breaking the state record set in 1905.
2002 – Vice President Dick Cheney served as acting president for two and a half hours while President George W. Bush underwent a colonoscopy.
2009 – Financier Bernie Madoff is sentenced to up to 150 years in prison for running a massive Ponzi scheme.
2015 – The Beijing Times reports that 30% of the Great Wall has disappeared due to natural phenomena and theft of bricks.
2020 – The Supreme Court rules 5-4 that Louisiana’s abortion restrictions are unconstitutional, striking down a 2014 state law.
2023 – The Supreme Court rules 6-3 that college race-based admissions programs used to increase diversity are illegal under the Equal Protection of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
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