Connie Reeves(America’s oldest cowgirl at 101, died 12 days after being thrown from her horse, Dr. Pepper. She was one of the first women to study law at the University of Texas and she started one of Texas’s first girlsβ drill teams)β
Events
The Clermont, a steamboat designed by Robert Fulton , departed NYC heading to Albanyβ
Solyman Merrick granted wrench patentβ
First official U.S. airmail was carried by balloonβ
Blacksmith F.P. Cahill fatally wounded by Billy the Kidβ
The Wizard of Oz made its east coast premiere in NYC. Its use of a relatively new method of technicolor dazzled audience membersβ
Indonesia proclaimed itself independent from the Netherlandsβ
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center opened in Santa Rosa, CAβ
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals in a single Olympicsβ
Collision of 2 neutron stars about 130 million years ago created ripples in space-time that traveled to Earth and set off detectors in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatoryβ
Weather
A hurricane prevented a sea battle between the British and the French, Rhode Islandβ
The temperature in Amos, California, reached 130 degrees Fβ
Hurricane Diane hit Carolina Beach, North Carolinaβ
Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast killing 259 people and causing $1.5 billion in damageβ