On this date in 1717, what is referred to as the premiere Grand Lodge was formed in London, at the Goose and Gridiron Ale-house

On this date is the first entry, for 1731, of a Lodge meeting in the colonies that became the United States, in an account book of St. John's Lodge in Philadelphia

On this date in 1734, Benjamin Franklin became Grand Master of what would be known as the "Moderns" Grand Lodge in Pennsylvania.

On this date in 1791, the African Grand Lodge of North America was organized in Boston. It later became the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

On this date in 1797, the second Grand Lodge for African Americans was founded in Philadelphia

William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey Former world's heavyweight boxing champion. He was born on June 24, 1895 in Manassa, Colorado. He won the heavyweight championship by defeating Jess Willard at Toledo, Ohio on July 4, 1919 and lost the title to Gene Tunney at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Sept. 23, 1926. He was a member of Kenwood Lodge No. 800, Chicago, Ill. He was known as the “Manssa Mauler. He died of Heart Failure and entered the Celestial Lodge on May 31, 1983 in New York City, New York.