Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1829

William Austin Burt of Mount Vernon, Mich., received a patent for his typographer, a forerunner of the typewriter.

1903

Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car

1904

By some accounts, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.

1904

The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches at the St. Louis World's Fair, as he filled a pastry cone with two scoops of ice cream.

1914

Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.

1925

New York Yankee Lou Gehrig hits his 1st of 23 career grand slammers

1930

Earthquake strikes Ariano Italy, 1,500 killed

1946

Menachem Begins opposition group bombs King David Hotel

1952

Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.

1962

Jackie Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first Black athlete to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sports league.

1967

Rioting that claimed some 43 lives erupted in Detroit.

1984

Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine.

1985

The Amiga 100 personal computer, credited with being ahead of IBM and Apple in its software at the time, was released to the public by Commodore International.

1986

Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. The couple divorced in 1996.

1994

Space shuttle STS-65: Columbia 17, lands after record 14 days 55 minutes

1996

At the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic final vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their first-ever Olympic team gold medal.

1997

Police found the body of Andrew Cunanan, the suspected killer of designer Gianni Versace and others, on a houseboat in Miami Beach, Fla., an apparent suicide.

1997

Dallas TV Station KXAS settle with Dallas Cowboys Michael Irvin and Erik Williams for reporting false sex assault allegations against them

1999

Astronaut Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a space shuttle mission, as the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center and deployed the Chandra X-ray telescope, the most powerful telescope ever placed into orbit.

2010

Venezuela severs diplomatic relations with Columbia after Columbia states that Venezuela is a 'haven for guerillas'

2011

The Nigerian senate reschedules elections by changing the country's constitution

2012

America's first female astronaut, Sally Ride, dies of pancreatic cancer at age 61

2013

Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana; the rig remains standing but sustained extensive damage to the derrick package as a result of a continuing fire

2013

The entire government of South Sudan, including its Vice President, Riek Machar, is fired by the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit

2014

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration removes its ban on air travel to Israel after concluding that Israel will be able to prevent risks to aircraft during the conflict with Hamas

2015

Scientists announce discovery of a planet in the Kepler-452 solar system that closely resembles Earth in size and orbit. With current propulsion systems, it would take over 25 million years to reach the planet.

1921

Calvert DeForest, born in Brooklyn, New York. Known as comedian, Larry "Bud" Melman

1943

Tony Joe White, born in Oak Grove, Louisiana, nickname, 'The Swamp Fox', singer, guitarist, songwriter, known for hit 'Polk Salad Annie', swamp rock

1961

Woody Harrelson, born in Midland, Texas, actor

1965

Slash, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, born Saul Hudson, musician, played lead guitar for Guns N' Roses. 1985 - 1006, founded band Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver

1971

Alison Krauss, born in Decatur, Illinois, country singer and musician

1972

Marlon Wayans, comedian, Wayans Bros, In Living Color

1989

Daniel Radcliffe, born in Hammersmith, England, actor, famous for playing role of Harry Potter in film series, 'Harry Potter'

1793

Thomas Mckean, U.S. attorney/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 72

1885

Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.

1948

American pioneer filmmaker D.W. Griffith, whose directing credits included ''The Birth of a Nation,'' died in Los Angeles at age 73.

1973

Eddie Rickenbacker, WW I fighter pilot, dies at 82

1979

Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31

1982

Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" filming at age 53

1997

Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide