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On this day for the United States
Events
1777 –
American Revolutionary War :
Battle of Ticonderoga : Due to a bombardment by
British
artillery under
General
John Burgoyne ,
American forces retreat from
Fort Ticonderoga ,
New York .
1785 – The
dollar is unanimously chosen as the
monetary unit for the
United States .
1854 – In
Jackson, Michigan , the first convention of the
U.S. Republican Party is held.
1887 –
David Kalakaua , monarch of the
Kingdom of Hawaii , is forced at gunpoint, at the hands of
Americans , to sign the
Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in
Hawaii while stripping
Hawaiian citizens of their rights.
1892 – 3,800
striking steelworkers engage in a day–long battle with
Pinkerton agents during the
Homestead Strike , leaving 10 dead and dozens wounded.
1893 – The small town of
Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a
tornado that kills 71 people and injures 200.
1908 –
Robert Peary sets sail for the
Arctic on the expedition on which he later reaches the
North Pole .
1933 – The first
Major League Baseball All-Star Game is played in
Chicago 's
Comiskey Park . The
American League defeats the
National League , 4 to 2.
1944 – The
Hartford Circus Fire , one of
America 's worst
fire disasters , kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in
Hartford, Connecticut .
1986 –
Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the
Tour de France .
1999 – US Army private
Barry Winchell dies from baseball–bat injuries inflicted in his sleep the previous day by fellow soldiers for his relationship with
transgender showgirl and former Navy combat medic,
Calpernia Addams .
Births