King John of England put his seal on the Magna Carta –
George Washington is appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress –
Arkansas admitted to the Union as the 25th state –
Charles Goodyear received a patent for his process to strengthen rubber –
Oregon Treaty established the 49th parallel as the U.S./British border –
Jacob Fussell opened the first commercial ice cream factory, Baltimore, Maryland. –
Steamboat General Slocum burst into flames on the East River killing 1,021 people –
Princess Margaret of Connaught married Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden –
John Alcock and Arthur Brown completed first nonstop transatlantic flight at Clifden, County Galway, Ireland –
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee/North Carolina) established –
Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second consecutive no-hit, no-run professional baseball game –
Singer Judy Garland married Vincente Minnelli –
The Canadian government announced it would permit color television in Canada –
Hee Haw premiered on television –
Richard Weber and Mikhail Malakhov first to walk from Canada to North Pole and back unaided –
Bob Barker’s final The Price is Right show after 35 years as its host –
The Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup –
A 30-minute power outage occurred in East Missoula, Montana, when a bald eagle dropped its prey, a fawn, on a nearby power line –
Aerialist Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a high wire, becoming the first tightrope walker to cross the falls in more than a century, and the first to cross at the base of the falls. –
Weather
Killing frost in New Jersey –
One inch of snow fell in Pennsylvania –
14 inches of rain fell in Lake Creek Basin, Texas –
