1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza arrived at what is now San Francisco, CA, with 247 colonists.
1797 – Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patented the washing machine.
1891 – The first world championship for amateur weightlifters was held in London.
1898 – In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that children born in the United States to Chinese immigrants are American citizens.
1922 – Bradley A. Fiske of Washington, D.C. patented a microfilm reading device.
1939 – The Spanish Civil War ended, as King Alfonso XIII approved elections to decide Spain’s government.
1969 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower died in Washington, D.C. at age 78.
1979 – A reactor overheated at the Three Mile Island nuclear facility near Harrisburg, PA, generating the worst nuclear accident in U.S. history.
1990 – President George H. W. Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Jesse Owens for his humanitarian contributions. The medal was given to Owens’ widow, Ruth S. Owens.
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