- 1754] The Name Game: Kings College opens in Manhattan. 30 years later, Kings College becomes Columbia. Students will enter on July 17th...
- 1865] Hang 'em High: Four people convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, are hanged in Washington, D.C...
- 1964] All-Stars: Newly opened Shea Stadium hosts the 35th All-Star game, a 7-4 win for the National League...
- 1983] Visiting the curtain: 11-year old Samantha Smith of Manchester (ME) leaves for a visit to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Soviet leader Yuri Andropov who met the girl on a visit to the U.S...
- 1987] Ratting out: Lt. Col. Oliver North begins his public testimony at the Iran-Contra hearing. North tells Congress that he "never carried out a single act", "not one" without authorization...
- 1990] Wimbledon Winner: Martina Navratilova wins a record 9th women's single's title...
- 2003] Gotcha: A federal judge approves a settlement fining WorldCom $750 million for its $11 billion accounting scandal...2004] Former Enron chairman Kenneth Lay, is indicted on criminal charges related to the energy company's collapse. The trial will take everything out of Lay who would have a fatal heart attack before his sentencing in July, 2006 at 64...
- 2005] Terror in the Underground: Terrorist bombings in 3 Underground stations and a double-decker bus kills 52 victims and 4 suicide bombers in the worst attack on London since WWII...
- 2005] Influenced by Live 8, the G8 leaders pledge to double 2004 levels of aid to Africa from $25 to $50 billion by 2010...
- 2006] "Happy Trails": Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett dies from pancreatic cancer at 60...
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