1676 – Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians
1914 – Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary
1914 – 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and San Francisco
1927 – 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY)
1968 – Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1
1974 – 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
1984 – Canadian Open Women’s Golf (du Maurier Classic), St. George’s CC: Juli Inkster wins by 1 from Ayako Okamoto of Japan
1994 – Jesse Timmedequas rapes and murders Megan Kanka, 7 (results in Megan’s Law)
2009 – Temperature reaches 103°F in Seattle, Washington, the hottest day on record
2019 – Record for longest run at the top of US singles chart made by country rap single “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus, No. 1 for 17 weeks