1931 –  Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run off George Blaeholder.

1959 –  President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union.\

1985 – New York lottery pays $41 million to three winners

1986 –  Usain Bolt, proclaimed fastest man alive, born.

1993 – NASA loses contact with their Mars Observer.