Jennifer O'Neill 1948 - Actress ("Summer of '42")
- 1792 - U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act that created the U.S. Post Office.
- 1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state.
- 1839 - The U.S. Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
- 1872 - Silas Noble and J.P. Cooley patented the toothpick manufacturing machine.
- 1880 - The American Bell Company was incorporated.
- 1962 - John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule. Glenn witnessed the Devil's Cigarette Lighter while in flight.
- 1987 - A bomb exploded in a computer store in Salt Lake City, UT. The blast was blamed on the Unabomber.
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