John Marshall 1755
- 1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
- 1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player.
- 1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
- 1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
- 1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
- 1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
- 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
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