1911, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company, ruling it was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
1926, The New York Rangers became the newest franchise to be awarded by the National Hockey League. Two years later, the Rangers won their first Stanley Cup.
1940, Nylon stockings went on general sale for the first time in the United States.
1941, New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio began his record 56-game hitting streak.
1948, just hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.
1953, World heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano collected his 44th pro boxing victory, knocking out former champ “Jersey” Joe Walcott at Chicago Stadium in two minutes, 25 seconds of the first round.
1970, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Mississippi’s Jackson State University, were killed when police opened fire during student protests.
1970, President Richard Nixon appointed Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays as the first female U.S. generals.
1972, Alabama governor and segregation symbol George C. Wallace was shot and left paralyzed byArthur Bremer while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination at a Maryland shopping center.
1973, the first issue of Playgirl went on sale.
1973, pitcher Nolan Ryan threw the first of his record seven career no-hitters.
1996, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole announced he was leaving the Senate after 27 years to run against President Bill Clinton full-time.
2000, George W. Bush proposed letting Americans invest Social Security taxes in the stock market, appealing for support from the millions of people who have thrived in a booming market. Presidential rival Al Gore condemned the idea as a dangerous gamble that would turn the solemn obligations of the 65-year-old retirement plan into “a system of winners and losers.”