1861 – Richmond, Virginia, is designated the Confederate Capital.
1881 – American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton.
1906 – The US and Mexico sign an agreement over distribution of the waters of the Rio Grande, increasingly diverted to the US for irrigation.
1914 – Greyhound Bus Co begins in Minnesota.
1918 – US House of Representatives passes amendment allowing women to vote.
1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh in the Spirit of St. Louis, lands in Paris after the first solo air crossing of Atlantic.
1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa becomes first US city to fingerprint its citizens.
1948 – NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio hits for cycle (single, double, triple, HR)
1954 – US twenty-sixth amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated.
1966 – “Downtown” by Mrs. Miller hits #82.
1970 – National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
1983 – David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” single goes #1.
1990 – Last episode of “Newhart” airs on CBS-TV.
1996 – Ken Griffey Jr., 26, is 8th youngest to hit 200 home runs.
1999 – All My Children star Susan Lucci finally wins a Daytime Emmy after being nominated 19 times, the longest period of unsuccessful nominations in television history.
2013 – Microsoft announces the release of Xbox One.
2017 – Barnum & Bailey Circus performs for the last time at the Nassau Coliseum in NYC after 146 years.
2018 – US Justice Department says it is expanding its internal investigation into whether FBI infiltrated Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign.
2019 – Protests across American cities defending abortion rights after several US states pass new abortion laws.
