- 1775] The Battle of Bunker Hill is waged near Boston during the Revolutionary War...
- 1885] The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere...
- 1894] The 1st poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out in Rutland (VT)...
- 1941] WNBT-TV (now WNBC), channel 4 in New York City is granted the 1st construction permit to operate a commercial TV station in this country...
- 1950] "I left my heart in San Francisco and my liver in Kansas City": Dr. Richard H. Lawler performs the 1st kidney transplant in a 45-minute operation in Chicago. Unfortunately the good doctor was replacing a spleen at the time...
- 1960] Ted Williams hits a two-run shot to help the Red Sox beat the Indians 3-1. That home run gives Williams 500 as the 'Splendid Splinter" becomes only the 4th player with 500 homers...
- 1962] U.S. Open: 22-year old Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open by 3 strokes defeating Arnold Palmer who could get no closer that 1 stroke of the 'Golden Bear'...
- 1972] President Richard Nixon's downfall begins with the arrest of 5 burglars inside Democratic national headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex...
- 1994] "This is A.C., I got O.J. in the car": After leading the LAPD on a chase which was more like a crawl, through Southern California, O.J. Simpson is arrested and charged with the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman...
- 2005] Guilty as charged: Dennis Kozlowski, former Tyco CEO is convicted of misappropriating Tyco's corporate funds, among other charges. Kozlowski is serving 8 to 25 years in upstate New York...
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