1758 – New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation.
1831 – Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer.
1854 – Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1861 – American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
1889 – 1st American International professional lawn tennis contest (Newport, RI)
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1904 – 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis, the 1st held in the US.
1916 – Congress creates US Naval Reserve.
1925 – After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him.
1929 – Aviator Anne Morrow Lindberg makes her first solo flight.
1944 – 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees.
1950 – International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany & Japan in 1952.