1774 ― First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia
1795 ― U.S.-Algiers sign peace treaty
1882 ― 10,000 workers march in first Labor Day parade in NYC
1885 ― First gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft Wayne, Ind)
1901 ― National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed
1905 ― Treaty of Portsmouth U.S., ends Russo-Japanese War
1914 ― First Battle of the Marne (WWI) begins
1953 ― First privately operated atomic reactor, Raleigh NC
1958 ― "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S.
1958 ― First color video recording on magnetic tape presented, Charlotte NC
1972 ― Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium
1980 ― World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens
1986 ― NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
1991 ― U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins