1778 – Liberty Bell returns home to Philadelphia after the British departure
1867 – Bank of California opens doors
1891 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis, Philadelphia Cricket Club: Mabel Cahill beats defending champion Ellen Roosevelt 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1894 – American Annie Londonderry [Annie Kopchovsky] sets out from Boston to become first woman to bicycle around the world (completes journey September 1895)
1931 – Ryder Cup Golf, Scioto CC: Walter Hagen captains his 2nd victorious American team; US wins, 9-3
1972 – Legendary video game and home computer Atari, Inc. founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California
1974 – US President Nixon visits USSR
1992 – “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)” by Bruce Springsteen peaks at #68
1993 – Don Henley booed in Milwaukee when he dedicates the song “It’s Not Easy Being Green” to President Clinton
1998 – Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.