1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumiére record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight savings time.
1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.
1941 – The 99th Pursuit Squadron, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.
1962 – Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, under the Columbia Records label.
1892 – Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an awared for the best hockey team in Canada…it would soon become the Stanley Cup…
1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21st.
1990 - In the largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
1992 – In a national referendum white South Africans vote overwhelmingly in favor of ending the racist policy of Apartheid.
1837 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd & 24th President of the United States is born.
1951 – Co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s, Ben Cohen, is born. My belly rejoices!
1962 – Mike Rowe, dreamboat and host of Dirty Jobs is born.
1970 – Queen Latifah is born.
1972 – Dane Cook is born.
1979 – Danneel Harris, actress and spouse of Jensen Ackles, is born. How can you NOT be jealous?
1979 – Adam Levine (Maroon 5) is born.
1982 – Adam Palley, star of Happy Endings is born.
1794 – Eli Whitney is granted a patent for the cotton gin.
1903 – The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is established by the US President Theodore Roosevelt.
1964 – A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald.
1863 – Casey Jones, American engineer, is born.
1879 – Albert Einstein is born. (and also is a really cute little boy!)
1903 – American painter Adolph Gottlieb is born.
1983 – American Dreamboat and Musician Taylor Hanson is born. The world will never be the same.
1987 – Jenn Masztal is born. The glass world will never be the same.
1932 – American conductor and composer John Philip Sousa dies:(
1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of JFK is show in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J Groden and Dick Gregory.
1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.
1982 – Author Ayn Rand dies.
1986 – Georgia O’Keeffe dies.
1770 – The Boston Massacre:(
1836 – Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1960 – Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Hipsters everywhere rejoice.
1955 – Penn Jillette is born in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Atheists and Magic-Nerds everywhere jump for joy.
1970 – John Frusciante, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers (and a bunch of other stuff…)
1962 – Patsy Cline dies.
1982 – John Belushi dies. I am sad.
1628 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. YAYYYY!
1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state! Leaf-peepers everywhere are thrilled!
1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated. Deep-dish pizza lovers everywhere rejoice!
1932 – Ed Roth is born. Hot Rod Enthusiasts everywhere are overjoyed!
2008 – Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons dies. Nerds & Dorks everywhere shed a little tear…
Seacrest Out.
1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th United State…deadbeat dads everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…
1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem…baseball fans everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…
1939 – in Mumbai, Ghandi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India.
1847 – Alexander Graham Bell (inventor of the telephone) is born! Teen girls everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…
1940 – American fashion designer Perry Ellis is born. Rich White People everywhere breathe a sigh of relief
1959 – Ira Glass is born. Hipsters and Nerds everywhere breathe a sigh of relief…
1982 – Jessica Biel is born. Justin Timberlake breathes a sigh of relief.
