1798

The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

1914

Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.

1960

Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published.

1979

The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

1995

The U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who subsequently carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

2022

President Joe Biden revealed the first image from NASA’s new space telescope, the farthest humanity had ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos.

Birthdays

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is 91. Actor Susan Seaforth Hayes is 82. Actor Mindy Sterling is 72. Actor Sela Ward is 69. Reggae singer Michael Rose is 68. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 66. Actor Lisa Rinna is 62. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 58. Rapper Lil’ Kim is 51.