1682 – Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn.
1814 – British forces capture Washington, DC, and destroy many landmarks (War of 1812)
1853 – 1st potato chips prepared by chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, NY)
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in US history.
1858 – Richmond “Daily Dispatch” reports 90 blacks arrested for learning.
1869 – Cornelius Swarthout patents waffle iron.
1891 – Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera.
1912 – NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US Olympians.
1932 – 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a women, Amelia Earhart.
1940 – Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run.
1954 – US President Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party, at height of McCarthyism.
1956 – 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived in Washington, DC.
1969 – Peru nationalizes US oil interests.
1972 – Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame.
1976 – Soyuz 21 returns to Earth.
1983 – Cincinnati Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745.
1989 – British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain.
1989 – Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling.
1995 – Microsoft debuts Windows 95.
2011 – Tim Cook succeeds Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple, Inc., due to Jobs illness.
2012 – A US jury in California finds that Samsun is guilty of patent infringement and awards over US $1 billion in damages to Apple.
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