1227 – The Mongol conqueror Ghengis Khan died.

1587 – Virginia Dare became the first child to be born on American soil of English parents. The colony that is now Roanoke Island, NC, mysteriously vanished.

1735 – The “Evening Post” of Boston, MA, was published for the first time.

1840 – The American Society of Dental Surgeons was founded in New York City, NY.

1846 – Gen. Stephen W. Kearney and his U.S. forces captured Santa Fe, NM.

1894 – The Bureau of Immigration was established by the U.S. Congress.

1914 – The “Proclamation of Neutrality” was issued by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. It was aimed at keeping the U.S.out of World War I.

1916 – Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace was made into a national shrine.

1919 – The “Anti-Cigarette League of America” was formed in Chicago IL.

1920 – Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Amendment guaranteed the right of all American women to vote. 

1937 – The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on the air two years later.

1938 – The Thousand Islands Bridge was dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The bridge connects the U.S.and Canada.

1940 – Canada and the U.S. established a joint defense plan against the possible enemy attacks during World War II. 

1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s novel “Lolita” was published.

1963 – James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi. He was the first black man to accomplish this feat. 

1966 – The first pictures of earth taken from moon orbit were sent back to the U.S. 

1982 – The volume on the New York Stock Exchange topped the 100-million level for the first time at 132.69 million shares traded.

1987 – Earl Campbell announced his retirement from the National Football League (NFL).

1990 – The first shots were fired by the U.S. in the Persian Gulf Crisis when a U.S. frigate fired rounds across the bow of an Iraqi oil tanker.

1991 – An unsuccessful coup was attempted in against President Mikhail S. Gorbachev. The Soviet hard-liners were responsible. Gorbechev and his family were effectively imprisoned for three days while vacationing in Crimea.

1997 – Beth Ann Hogan became the first coed in the Virginia Military Institute’s 158-year history.

As a reminder, it was President Reagan who was the first to use the phrase, “we can make America great again.” Says Ronald Reagan said immigrants “brought with them courage and the values of family, work, and freedom. Let us pledge to each other that we can make America great again.”.

Why Immigrants Were Given Legal Status by Ronald Reagan. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was signed into law by Ronald Reagan and allowed illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. before 1982 to be legalized.

As the nation’s attention turns back to the fractured debate over immigration, it might be helpful to remember that in 1986, Ronald Reagan signed a sweeping immigration reform bill into law. It was sold as a crackdown: There would be tighter security at the Mexican border, and employers would face strict penalties for hiring undocumented workers.

But the bill also made any immigrant who’d entered the country before 1982 eligible for amnesty — a word not usually associated with the father of modern conservatism.

In his renewed push for an immigration overhaul this week, President Obama called for Republican support for a bill to address the growing population of illegal immigrants in the country. This time, however, Republicans know better than to tread near the politically toxic A-word.

Part of this aversion is due to what is widely seen as the failure of Reagan’s 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. However, one of the lead authors of the bill says that unlike most immigration reform efforts of the past 20 years, amnesty wasn’t the pitfall.

“We used the word ‘legalization,’ ” former Wyoming Sen. Alan K. Simpson tells NPR’s Guy Raz. “And everybody fell asleep lightly for a while, and we were able to do legalization.”

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1790 – The capital city of the U.S. moved to Philadelphia from New York City.

1807 – Robert Fulton’s “North River Steam Boat” (known as the “Clermont”) began heading up New York’s Hudson River on its successful round-trip to Albany.

1815 – Napoleon began serving his exile when he arrived at the island of St. Helena.

1859 – A hot air balloon was used to carry mail for the first time. John Wise left Lafayette, IN, for New York City with 100 letters. He had to land after only 27 miles.

1863 – Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, harbor during the Civil War.

1894 – John Wadsworth of Louisville set a major league record when he gave up 28 base hits in a single game.

1896 – The Klondike gold rush was set off by George Carmack discovering gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.

1903 – Joseph Pulitzer donated a million dollars to Columbia University. This started the Pulitzer Prizes in his name.

1915 – Charles F. Kettering received a patent for the first electric ignition device.

1939 – The movie “Wizard of Oz” premiered in New York. It had premiered in Hollywood on August 15.

1943 – The Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina.

1945 – The nationalists of Indonesia declared their independence from the Netherlands.

1961 – The Communist East German government completed the construction of the Berlin Wall.

1973 – Lee Trevino got the first hole in one of his career at the U.S.I. Golf Classic, in Sutton, MA.

1977 – Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland had surpassed the number for any other event in the company’s history.

1978 – Maxie Anderson, Ben Abruzzo and Larry Newman became the first to land after a successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight. The voyage began in Presque Isle, ME and ended in Miserey, France.

1982 – The U.S. Senate approved an immigration bill that granted permanent resident status to illegal aliens who had arrived in the United States before 

1985 – A year-long strike began when 1,400 Geo. A. Hormel and Co. meat packers walked off the job.

1987 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,700 for the first time.

1996 – A military cargo plane crashed in Wyoming killing eight crewmembers and a Secret Service employee. The plane was carrying gear for U.S. President Clinton.

1996 – Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party’s presidential candidate. It was the party’s first-ever candidate.

1998 – NationsBank and BankAmerica merge to create the largest U.S. bank.

1998 – Russia devalued the ruble.

2002 – In Santa Rosa, CA, the Charles M. Schulz Museum opened to the public.