1993 First Newborn to Receive Gene Therapy 4-day-old Andrew Gobea at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles. His genes were altered to correct ADA enzyme deficiency - an inherited condition known as "bubble boy" disease.

1987 Ishtar The film that would become synonymous with "box office flop" is released.  Starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman with a production cost of $55 million, it made only $14 million at the box office.  Although it maintains a strong cult following, many call it the worst movie ever made.

1984 An undamaged Mayan tomb is discovered.

1981 SCTV Network 90 debuts on NBC.

1972 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace is shot by Arthur Herman Bremer.

1970 First two women U.S. generals are named by Pres. Nixon.

1963 Last of the Mercury flights Faith 7, is launched.

1941 Baseball Joe DiMaggio begins his 56-game hitting streak. It ended July 17 after 91 hits for a .408 average.

1940 First successful U.S. helicopter flight A craft built by the Vought-Sikorsky Corporation.

1940 First nylon stockings go on sale, stronger and cheaper than silk stockings, they were an instant hit.

1930 First airline flight with a stewardess A United Airlines flight employing Ellen Church, a registered nurse.

1922 Amelia Earhart The famed aviator is issued her pilots license. She was the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's license by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

1918 First regular airmail service between Washington D.C. and New York City.

1869 National Woman Suffrage Association formed by Lucy Stone Blackwell.

1862 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is established.

1851 First college sorority formed, the Adelphians of Wesleyan College, becoming Alpha Delta Pi in 1904.

1702 England declares war against France Queen Anne's War.

1941 Jack Jackson underground cartoonist, created Comanche Man.

1936 Anna Maria Alberghetti Italian-born singer, Tony-winning actress. She made her American debut at Carnegie Hall when she was 14.  Stage: Carnival, (1962, Tony award for best actress).

1918 Eddy Arnold American country-western singer. Known as "The Tennessee Plowboy," he is the all-time best-selling country singer. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame (1966). Music: Bouquet of Roses (1948, #1) and I Really Don't Want to Know (1954, #1).

1905 Joseph Cotten d. 1994 American actor. Film: Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), and Journey into Fear (1942).

1905 Abraham Zapruder d. 1970 American clothing manufacturer. He made the famous film of Pres. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas.

1902 Richard Joseph Daley d. 1976 American politician, mayor of Chicago (1955-76). After the 1968 race riots he commented "the police aren't here to create disorder, the police are here to preserve disorder." He ordered police to shoot to kill arsonists and to maim looters.

1898 Arletty d. 1992 (Leonie Bathiat), famed French actress.

1859 Pierre Curie d. 1906 French Nobel-winning physicist, pioneer in the study of radioactivity.

1856 Frank Baum d. 1919 American author. Writings: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900).

1048 Omar Khayyam d. 1131 Persian poet and mathematician, first to solve the general cubic equation of the third degree.

2007 Jerry Falwell b. 1933 American fundamentalist Baptist pastor, televangelist.

2003 June Carter Cash b. 1929 American Grammy-winning singer, wife of Johnny Cash. TV: Grand Ole Opry.

2002 Darwood Kaye b. 1929 (Darwood Kenneth Smith), American actor, the rich and scholarly Waldo of The Little Rascals, he appeared in 21 Our Gang films (1937-40). He went on to become a Seventh Day Adventist Pastor until he was killed by a hit-and-run driver.

1989 Johnny Green b. 1908 American Oscar-winning songwriter. Music: Coquette (1928) and Body and Soul (1930). West Side Story (1961), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), and Oliver! (1968).

1948 Edward Joseph Flanagan b. 1886 Irish-born American Roman Catholic monsignor, founder of Boys Town (1917). His motto was "There is no such thing as a bad boy."

1866 Emily Dickinson b. 1830 American poet. Of her over 1,800 poems, only seven were published during her lifetime.

1482 Paolo Toscanelli b. 1397 Italian mapmaker. His map, which incorrectly showed Asia as 3,000 miles west of Europe, led Columbus to his accidental discovery of America.

884 Marinus I b. ???? religious leader, 108th Pope (882-884).

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