1776 ― Battle of Long Island
1789 ― Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus
1907 ― United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle
1916 ― Italy declares war against Germany during WWI
1963 ― 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C.
1963 ― Evergreen Point Floating Bridge connecting Seattle and Bellevue opens
1963 ― Martin Luther King Jr delivers "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial
1981 ― John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent to charges of attempting to kill President Reagan
1981 ― National Centers for Disease Control announces high incidence of Pneumocystis and Kaposi's sarcoma in gay men
1986 ― U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying
1991 ― 5 die in NYC subway's 3rd worst accident