2017
2002
Canadian singer Avril Lavigne releases debut album, “Let Go”.
1989
1984
“Born in the USA” 7th studio album by Bruce Springsteen is released
1979
1942
1940
British complete the “Miracle of Dunkirk” by evacuating 338,226 allied troops from France via a flotilla of over 800 vessels including Royal Navy destroyers, merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft and even lifeboats
1939
1927
1st Ryder Cup Golf, Worcester CC: US beats Great Britain, 9½-2½; Walter Hagen first American captain; Ted Ray first GB skipper
1917
1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott for “Julia Ward Howe”.
1896
Henry Ford made a successful test drive of his new car in Detroit, MI. He called the vehicle was called a “Quadricycle.”
1887
1838
1783
The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).