1928 The first all-talking motion picture shown, in NY (Lights of NY)

1928 Worlds largest hailstone 1« lbs (17') falls in Potter Nebraska

1932 First class postage back up to 3. from 2.

1935 First flight of Fairchild 82A bush plane, Canadian-designed successor to the FC-2W-2 and 71 models; phased out to produce Bristol Bolingbroke in wartime.

1935 Helen Wills Moody wins her 7th Wimbeldon championship

1936 114ø F (46ø C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)

1936 121ø F (49ø C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)

1938 The "Evian Conference& in France fails to provide a refuge for German Jews.

1941 NY Yankees unviel a monument to Lou Gehrig in centerfield

1943 Night Battle of Kula Gulf results in loss of 2 Japanese destroyers and USS Helena.

1944 170 die in a fire at Ringling Bros Circus in Hartford Conn

1944 In Hartford, Connecticut, a fire broke out under the big top of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, killing 167 people and injuring 682. Two-thirds of those who perished were children

1945 Nicaragua becomes first nation to formally accept UN Charter

1945 Pres Truman signs executive order establishing Medal of Freedom

1945 Wash Senator Rick Ferrell catches a record 1,722 games

1953 J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango

1955 The Federal Air Pollution Control Act was implemented on this day in 1955, providing federally allocated funds for research into causal analysis and control of car-emission pollution

1957 Althea Gibson became first black tennis player to win Wimbledon

1957 Harry S Truman Library established in Independence, Missouri

1958 Alaska becomes the 49th state

1959 Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic

1960 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from LA to NYC

1962 William Faulkner author, inventor of Yoknapatawpha Co, dies at 64

1964 Beatles' film "Hard Day's Night" premiers in London

1964 Malawi (then Nyasaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)

1965 Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms

1967 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade

1968 Marine Observation Squadron 2 (VMO-2) stationed at Da Nang, South Vietnam, received the first OV-1OA, Broncos, to arrive in South Vietnam

1971 Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 70

1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks

1972 Brandon De Wilde actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash

1973 Patrick McVey actor (Manhunt, Big Town), dies at 63

1975 Comoros declare independence from France (most of them)

1975 near Wetaskiwin Alberta, a hailstone weighing 249 grams falls(almost 9 oz. for those still Imperial measures)

1976 First women enter Naval Academy.

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