1914-Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox
1920-Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1933-Congress passes first minimum wage law (33per hour)
1951-Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Ill.
1960-Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
1960-USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962-Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1966-NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis)
1966-Race riot in Chicago
1966-U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver
1967-Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1970-Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1977-First free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1982-FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1984-Geraldine Ferraro, NY became first woman major-party VP candidate
1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
1985-STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1988-USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1989-NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
1920-Lithuania & USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania becomes independent rep
1933-Congress passes first minimum wage law (33per hour)
1951-Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero, Ill.
1960-Congo, Chad & Central African Republic declare independence
1960-USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs
1962-Rolling Stones 1st performance (Marquee Club, London)
1966-NL beats AL 2-1 (10 innings) in 37th All Star Game (Busch, St Louis)
1966-Race riot in Chicago
1966-U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver
1967-Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
1970-Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
1977-First free flight test of space shuttle Enterprise
1982-FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
1984-Geraldine Ferraro, NY became first woman major-party VP candidate
1985 Doctors discover a cancerous growth in Pres Reagan's colon
1985-STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1988-USSR launches Phobos II for Martian orbit
1989-NY Yankee pitching great Ron Guidry retires (170-91 .651, 3.29 ERA)
